Peter Morris - Antiquities

PETER MORRIS Dealer in Coins & Medals

Antiquities

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ANTIQUITIES, as illustrated. (Not to scale)

	Many of these were sold by us to the same collector over a
	period from 1992 to 2000, who is now selling them back to us,
	for another generation to enjoy.

	Various

1	Bronze Age funerary jug, 7.5 inches high (5" diameter), featuring a
	bird's head, tail and wings(?) wrapped around neck. C 2000 BC.
	Small repaired section to rear of top neck. Otw intact.	£95

2	Bronze Age axe head. 4 cms long; some nibbling to edge. VF	£85

3	Cuneiform clay tablet, 2100 BC, from Ur-Sumerian. 36 x 32 cms.
	Transcription relates to a letter to four people.	£200

4	EGYPT - ushabti in light blue-green composition, with frontal panel
	of hieroglyths, Ptolemaic period 3rd Century BC. 15.5 cms high	£225

5	Egypt - ushabti - "Djed Ast" 22/23rd dynasty (935-730 BC) in
	light blue , some wear, revealing brown clay composition beneath.
	11.5 cms tall. Residual hieroglyphs on front.	£180

6	Egypt - little blue pot, from Ramses II era (19th dynasty - 13th C.
	BC). With faded hieroglyphs visible. 3.7 cms diameter and
	5 cms high. Intact	£165

7	Egypt - pale blue glazed faience amulet of Khnum, as a striding
	ram-headed God. Late dynastic period. 4.5 cms high.	£120

8	Egypt - light green-blue amulet of Ibis, probably 26th dynasty	£65
	665-525 BC.

9	Egypt - pale blue faience amulet of Bes. 2.4 cms high by 1.3
	cms wide. Repair to middle, thus	£35

10	ROMAN - pottery oil-lamp, 1st/2nd Century AD, featuring a dolphin
	in front of a rudder. With maker's name on base, in retrograde
	letters - ERONIM. As illlustrated in Dejean's volume, plate 73
	No. M186. Pleasing reddish colour. Probably a funerary item. EF	£425

11	Roman oli-lamp, 1st/2nd Century AD, featuring Hercules and his
	club. Light brown colour, with maker's name on the base -
	L Salacnn (or similar). Intact.	£450

12	Roman oil-lamp, 3rd/4th century AD, featuring a lively horse galloping
	to the right. With a laurel wreath to the surrounds, and on the base
	a palm branch. Unused, thus a funerary piece.	£265

13	Roman - bronze attachment in the form of an eagle looking left.
	Much detail of feathers and plumage, with base and hole. 5 cms	£45

14	Roman - attractive bird brooch, featuring a bird of prey in full
	flight, much detail, with bottom boss that was a stand. 4 cms	£75

15	Roman - little bronze bird brooch, with beak open. 3.5 cms	£20

16	Roman - bronze head of a male deity (?),, set fixing hole at rear,
	as excavated in the Chatham area. 3 cms x 3 cms.	£30

17	Roman - archer's bronze finger (or thumb) ring, with some decorative
	engraving.	£50

18	Roman - bronze head with incised hair, 2nd/3rd C. 3 cms	£35

19	Roman - small bronze figure of a woman, with right arm on hip
	2nd C AD (Could be Celtic). 5.5 cms high	£30

20	Roman bronze spoon and bowl, 8 cms, found in Chatham	£25

21	Medieval crotal bell (for cattle), with intact ringer inside.	£18

22	Medieval collection of six (6) small bronze keys.	£45

23	Medieval bronze band from a walking stick or similar, with much
	raised decorations all round. 2.5 cms long, 1+ cms diameter	£20

24	Two medieval seals in bronze, one with a stag, other a portcullis	£40

25	Medieval musket balls (3) , in heavy lead; (found in the Thames)	£10

26	Large bronze cast of a horse's head and shoulders, with fixing
	bolt at rear. Probably medieval, 6 cms high x 4.5 at base.	£50

27	Another, similar, but much smaller, as found in the Chatham area.	£20

28	Roman to medieval - lot of miscellaneous bronze objects, mostly
	buckles, but also various fasteners, strap ends, bosses, etc.
	An interesting lot, as found by detectorists in the Chatham area.
	40 + items. As illustrated.	£65

29	Fossilized jaw bones with teeth of unknown animal - set of three
	such items, all with very old handwritten notes attached. Odd.	£20

30	Napoleonic Prisoners of War bone worked needle-holders, dating
	to 1790s or later. French. Two similar items, one 7.5 cms
	long, other 9 cms long. Intriguing.	£30