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Roman Military Diploma or Constitutio Fragment mentioning FleetLatin text on both sides
Four lines on obverse
1. CVM ET
2. II CLASSIC
3. VITVM S
4. IACA
Reverse lettering rotated 90 degrees
ENT
20mm x 20mm at widest points
lettering 4mm high
1.5g
Ex-Time machine
Possible reading thanks to stultus:
... COHORS ... THR] ACVM ET [...
... COHORS] II CLASSIC [A ...
... COHORS II VLPIA EQ] VITVM S [AGGITARIA CIVIVM ROMANORVM ...
... COHORS ... THRACVM SYR] IACA [... or ... COHORS IIII SYR]IACA [...Jay GT4
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Italic bronze Dolphin FibulaItalic bronze age Dolphin Fibula
5.98g, 35 mm.
8th-5th Century BC
Hattatt 200 var.?
Ex-Noble Roman CoinJay GT4
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Faience Ushabti ShabtiBeautiful light turquoise faience.
Demotic Inscription on reverse. Basket over shoulder on reverse. Farming tools in hands.
64mm; 10.91g
c. 600 BC
Ex-ZurqiehJay GT4
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Faience Ushabti ShabtiEgyptian Faience Ushabti.
Head band and Basket on reverse, farming tools in hands.
21st Dynasty
1069-945 BC
95mm; 23.34g
Ex-ZurqiehJay GT4
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Faience Ushabti ShabtiEgyptian Faience Ushabti
Beautiful turquoise color. Some earthen deposits remain. Great features.
circa 600 BC
10.80cm
49.32g
Ex-Zurgieh
To avoid undue work in the afterlife, Egyptians had themselves buried with numerous ushabtis, figurines that were intended to answer the summons of Osiris in place of the deceased. Ushabtis were usually mummiform, but their intention to work was made clear by the hoe usually carried over their shoulders and the basket on their backs. They were commonly inscribed with the name of the deceased inserted into the sixth chapter of the Book of the Dead.Jay GT4
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Holyland Oil LampHerodian? Terracotta Oil Lamp
decorated with grapes and vines
1st Century BC-1st Century AD
measures 60 x 98
Intact
Ex-Time Machine(Clayton Rare Coins)
part of the David Liebert estateJay GT4
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Roman oil lampRoman Terracotta Oil Lamp
Amphora decoration
1st Century AD
measures 589 x 83 mm
Intact
Ex-Time Machine (Clayton Rare Coins)
Part of the David Liebert estateJay GT4
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Roman Open work belt plateRoman bronze Open work Military belt plate.
Washer and pin on reverse peened over to secure leather belt
60mm X 23mm
13.2g
Pannonia
2nd century AD
Antonine period
See other belt plate for a match in my galleryJay GT4
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Roman Arrow tipBronze Roman arrow tip
40 mm x 7 mm
5.09g
1-3rd century ADJay GT4
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Roman Key RingRoman bronze key ring
ring 24 mm, height 33 mm
13.72g
2nd century AD
A Roman Signifer (standard bearer) was also the cohorts banker. He kept records of what the soldiers deposited with him for safe keeping and he had the key to the strong box. Not only did the soldiers protect the Signifer to prevent the standard from being captured (which would be a disgrace) but also so that they could get their money back!
There is no way to know if this was an actual Signifer key as many other professions would have items locked away.Jay GT4
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Roman Belt plateBronze Roman Military belt plate, buckle missing. Punch design on face. Three rivet holes.
31mm x 21mm
5.5g
Pannonia
mid 1st-2nd century
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Roman Open work belt plateRoman bronze Open work Military belt plate.
Washer and pin on reverse peened over to secure leather belt
65mm x 23mm
12.86g
Pannonia
2nd century AD
Antonine period
See other belt plate for a match in my galleryJay GT4
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Legionary apron strap endRoman Legionary apron strap end with suspension loop
Rivet still in place were it would have been fastened to leather apron
Mid 1st century-2nd century
65mm x 10mm; loop 13mm
9.29g
Ex-NobleJay GT4
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Roman Gold EaringRoman Gold Earing
Looped at one end, globular design on the other
1-3rd century
13mm
0.48g
Ex-ANEJay GT4
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Bronze Roman Seal boxBronze seal box with image of lion, jug above, wreath below, ( horse head to right?)
Attached to packages or letters that are tied with strings. The strings pass into the box which is then filled with wax, to protect against tampering.
Bronze
26mm x 21mm x 7mm.
3mm diameter holes
5.56g
2-3rd Century?
Pannonia
Ex-Ancient TreasuresJay GT4
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Zoomorphic Bird plate fibulaZoomorphic fibula
Bird type (eagle?)
Pin missing
2nd Century AD
32 mm X 26 mm
10.08g
Böhme 43aJay GT4
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Kraftig Profilierte FibulaKraftig Profilierte Fibula
Early 1st century to early 2nd Century AD.
Pin missing
Distribution:Mostly found in Pannonia, Dacia, Noricum, and Raetia.Jay GT4
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Hod Hill FibulaHod Hill Type Fibula
Distribution: Gaul, Britain; Rhine and Danube Limes. They are common on Roman military sites.
Typology: Riha 5.14; Hull 60; Ettlinger 31
c. 50-100 ADJay GT4
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Horse FibulaZoomorphic plate Horse fibula
2nd Century AD
40mm X 22mm
9.05g
Pin intact
Ex-Ancient Treasures
Jay GT4
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Roman Military Diploma FragmentBronze Roman Military Diploma Fragment
Latin text on both sides
42mm x 17mm x 2mm.
3.83g
Dark green patina.
Found in the former Yugoslavia.
Late 1st century. Possibly during the reign of Domitian
Possible inscription thanks to Curtis Clay:
Line 3: ASV, prob. from NOMINA SVBSCRIPTA, "whose names are written below".
Line 4: maybe EMD, coming from CIVITATEM DEDIT, "he grants citizenship".
Line 5: ABVI, from HABVISSENT, "(to the wives that they presently) have".
Line 6: ELIBE, from CAELIBES, "unmarried".
Line 7: MTA from DVMTAXAT, "just or merely (one wife per soldier)"
Lines 8-11: Should be the month date and the current consuls, which if they could be restored would establish the date of the diploma!
This fragment was submitted to Istvan for analysis. His rendering below:
Obverse:
]NIS [
]ION[ or ]HON[
]PTA SV[
]EM DE[
]HABVIS[
]ELIBES[
]MTAX[
] D [
]TIANO [
] IO [ or ]NO [ or ]HO [
] _S _ [
Reverse:
[the imperial names amd titles are in the previous (provbably three) lines
[IIS QV]I MILITA[VERVNT EQVITES ET PEDITES]
[IN A]LIS DECEM ET [COHORTIBVS ... QVAE]
[APELLANTVR ...]
those cavalrymen and infantrymen who served in ten alae and ... cohortes, which are called...
Jay GT4
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Mars Ancient Intaglio ringThis is an ancient Roman Intaglio in a modern silver ring setting.
Intaglio: ex-Zurgieh
Ring: Custom made silverJay GT4
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2 carved glass intaglio and Roman ringred intaglio with image of Victory standing left, left hand extended
0.64g
blue intaglio with image of mars advancing left
0.34g
Bronze ring with missing setting
6.11g
Click for full size pictureJay GT4
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