Bidspirit auctions | Apollo Art Auctions Auction Oct 3

Apollo Art Auctions, Oct 3. 448 lots, estimates 150 - 15000 £.

Apollo Art Auctions - We are proud to present the Fine Ancient Jewellery & Beads - The Prince Collection sale, held on the 3rd of October 2026 at 1PM (BST) located at the Apollo Art Auctions Showroom, 63-64 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW. Bidding is available in-room and online via the Apollo Art Auctions platform as well as Invaluable, The Saleroom, LiveAuctioneers and Interencheres. The auction presents a distinguished assembly of ancient jewellery, including many pieces in wearable condition and a fine selection of engraved gemstones. Spanning from the prehistoric and early Bronze Age periods (c. 4000 BC) through to the Late Antique era (c. AD 600), encompassing prehistoric and pre-dynastic, Egyptian, Near Eastern (including the Neo-Assyrian Period), Greek, Hellenistic, Roman and early Byzantine cultures. Among the more significant provenances, lots come from Derek Content, Peter Szuhay, Hans Calmann (1899-1982), the F. Piket collection, Alexander Cotton (d. 2021) and Alan Kotllar. Highlights of the sale include Lot 512, an Egyptian gold snake ring with garnet cabochon; Lot 544, a massive Roman imperial openwork gold ring with agate gem; Lot 608, a stunning Castellani inspired Italian gold necklace with twenty-three Roman intaglios; Lot 610, a Georgian gold and black enamel memento mori ring; and Lot 611, a rare Etruscan carnelian scarab of kneeling Ajax with inscribed name in an Italian neoclassical gold pendant from a Naples workshop. Selected lots are accompanied by additional reports from Lisa Sartini, Egyptologist PhD of Chimera Heritage Consultants, and Alessandro Neri, an international cultural heritage expert based in Florence, as well as Art Loss Register confirmation letters. A selection of jewellery in the sale was also authenticated in the early 1990s by Dr Jack Ogden and Barbara Deppert Lippitz, leading specialists in ancient jewellery, with a number of objects subsequently published in a professional catalogue

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Lots in this catalog (448)

• Lot 500: RARE EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN NECKLACE WITH PENDANTS — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 501: RARE EGYPTIAN BRONZE RING WITH CROWNED FALCON — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 502: EGYPTIAN GOLD HORUS FALCON PENDANT — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 503: EGYPTIAN GOLD FIGURINE OF RECUMBENT RAM — £3,000 - £6,000
• Lot 504: EGYPTIAN RED JASPER FACE INLAY AND POLYCHROME GLASS COLLAR — £8,000 - £9,000
• Lot 505: EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN DUCK AMULET — £1,500 - £2,000
• Lot 506: EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SCARAB WITH PRENOMEN OF THUTMOSE III IN GOLD RING — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 507: EGYPTIAN GLAZED STEATITE SCARAB WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION IN GOLD RING — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 508: COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE AND ENAMEL FITTINGS — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 509: COLLECTION OF FAIENCE WADJET AMULETS — £400 - £800
• Lot 510: LARGE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SEKHMET FIGURINE/AMULET — £1,200 - £1,500
• Lot 511: RARE EGYPTIAN LAPIS LAZULI AMULET OF BASTET — £5,000 - £6,000
• Lot 512: EGYPTIAN GOLD SNAKE RING WITH GARNET CABOCHON — £3,000 - £6,000
• Lot 513: RARE EGYPTIAN GOLD MASK — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 514: EGYPTIAN GOLD PENDANT WITH LAPIS LAZULI, CARNELIAN AND GLASS EYE OF HORUS — £3,500 - £4,000
• Lot 515: PHOENICIAN AMETHYST SCARAB DEPICTING BULL AND LIFE TREE IN GOLD SWIVEL RING — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 516: PHOENICIAN GLASS SCARAB WITH SPHINX IN GOLD SWIVEL RING — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 517: PHOENICIAN GOLD PENDANT OF A BABOON — £3,000 - £6,000
• Lot 518: HEAVY SOLID PHOENICIAN GOLD RING WITH GRANULATION AND INNER ARAMAIC INSCRIPTION — £4,000 - £6,000
• Lot 519: PHOENICIAN JASPER SCARABOID WITH HOPLITE IN GOLD PENDANT — £4,000 - £5,000
• Lot 520: ETRUSCAN CARNELIAN SCARAB OF PERSEUS IN GOLD SWIVEL RING — £2,500 - £3,500
• Lot 521: LARGE HELLENISTIC EYE AGATE CABOCHON IN GOLD MEDALLION — £3,000 - £5,000
• Lot 522: PAIR OF HELLENISTIC OPENWORK GOLD PENDANTS WITH PALMETTES — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 523: STUNNING HELLENISTIC AMETHYST INTAGLIO OF NIKE IN OPENWORK GOLD PIN — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 524: LATE HELLENISTIC INTAGLIO DEPICTING EAGLE ON A THUNDERBOLT — £8,000 - £9,000
• Lot 525: MINOAN SEAL BEAD WITH MASTER OF ANIMALS — £3,000 - £4,000
• Lot 526: MATCHED PAIR OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS — £1,300 - £2,000
• Lot 527: GREEK SOLID GOLD RING WITH HOPLITE — £10,000 - £12,000
• Lot 528: HELLENISTIC GOLD RING WITH EAGLE — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 529: LARGE HELLENISTIC SAPPHIRE IN GOLD RING — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 530: HELLENISTIC CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF A LADY OF FASHION IN GOLD RING — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 531: COLLECTION OF GREEK GOLD QUADRIPLE-SPIRAL PENDANTS WITH RED GARNET CABOCHONS — £4,500 - £9,000
• Lot 532: COLLECTION OF GREEK GOLD PENDANTS — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 533: GREEK GOLD MEDALLION WITH APHRODITE AND EROS ON PODIUM — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 534: GREEK GOLD LEAF BELT APPLIQUE WITH PUNCHED DECORATION — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 535: COLLECTION OF GREEK GOLD PENDANTS — £1,500 - £3,500
• Lot 536: COLLECTION OF HELLENISTIC GOLD EARRINGS AND PENDANTS — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 537: COLLECTION OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 538: PAIR OF CELTIC SILVER BROOCHES — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 539: HEAVY CELT-IBERIAN SILVER TORQUE — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 540: ROMAN AGATE CAMEO OF JULIUS CAESAR IN GOLD PENDANT — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 541: ROMAN AGATE CAMEO OF A NOBLEWOMAN IN GOLD PENDANT — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 542: ROMAN AGATE CAMEO WITH DOUBLE CAPITA JUGATA IN GOLD PENDANT — £2,500 - £3,500
• Lot 543: ROMAN AGATE CAMEO OF A GROTESQUE BEARDED MALE HEAD — £1,500 - £2,000
• Lot 544: MASSIVE ROMAN IMPERIAL OPENWORK GOLD RING WITH AGATE GEM — £3,000 - £6,000
• Lot 545: COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS STIRRING RODS — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 546: ROMAN GOLD NECKLACE WITH CARNELIAN AND GOLD AMPHORA-SHAPED PENDANT — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 547: ROMAN GOLD NECKLACE WITH LARGE GARNET CABOCHON PENDANT — £2,000 - £4,000
• Lot 548: ROMAN GOLD PENDANT WITH AGATE CAMEO OF EMPRESS JULIA DOMNA — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 549: ROMAN GOLD PENDANT WITH AGATE CAMEO OF EMPRESS JULIA DOMNA — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 550: COLLECTION OF ROMAN AND SASANIAN GOLD RINGS — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 551: COLLECTION OF ROMAN AND SASANIAN GOLD RINGS — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 552: EASTERN ROMAN SOLID GOLD RING WITH A HOUND AND SYMBOLS — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 553: LATE ROMAN GOLD RING WITH ENGRAVED AMPHORA — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 554: ROMAN SOLID GOLD RING WITH ENGRAVED MAGICAL SYMBOLS — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 555: PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND PEARL EARRINGS — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 556: COLLECTION OF ROMAN GOLD AND PEARL EARRINGS — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 557: MATCHED PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS WITH GARNETS — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 558: ELEGANT ROMAN GOLD RING WITH AGATE INTAGLIO OF VICTORY — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 559: ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF TRITON IN GOLD RING — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 560: HEAVY ROMAN OR BYZANTINE GOLD NECKLACE WITH OPENWORK MEDALLION — £7,500 - £15,000
• Lot 561: BEAUTIFUL ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET NECKLACE — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 562: ROMANO-EGYPTIAN GOLD NECKLACE WITH BLUE GLASS BEADS — £2,500 - £3,500
• Lot 563: LARGE ROMAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN CAMEO OF AN EMPRESS — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 564: ROMAN POLYCHROME GLASS MAGICAL INTAGLIO IN GOLD PENDANT — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 565: LATE ROMAN GOLD AND STONE PENDANT WITH MENORAH — £600 - £1,000
• Lot 566: ROMANO-JEWISH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF MENORAH IN GOLD RING — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 567: ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF CERES WITH CORNUCOPIA IN GOLD RING — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 568: STUNNING ROMAN GOLD PENDANT WITH EYE AGATE CABOCHON — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 569: RARE OPENWORK GOLD RING WITH AGATE INTAGLIO OF EROS — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 570: ROMAN AGATE INTAGLIO OF AN OFFERING SCENE IN GOLD PENDANT — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 571: ROMAN GOLD AND NIELLO RING WITH INSCRIPTION 'VTER FEL' — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 572: ROMAN GOLD AND SILVER RING WITH MARRIED COUPLE — £3,000 - £6,000
• Lot 573: ROMAN GOLD INTAGLIO RING WITH JANIFORM CAPITA JUGATA — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 574: ROMAN AGATE CAMEO OF A MUSICIAN PLAYING FLUTE IN GOLD PENDANT — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 575: ROMAN GNOSTIC DOUBLE-SIDED GEM WITH CHNOUBIS, ASKLEPIOS AND HYGIEIA — £3,000 - £4,000
• Lot 576: SUPERB ROMAN AGATE INTAGLIO OF HERCULES IN A NEOCLASSICAL GOLD RING — £4,500 - £9,000
• Lot 577: STUNNING ROMAN AGATE INTAGLIO OF EUTERPE PLAYING AULOS IN A NEOCLASSICAL GOLD RING — £6,000 - £10,000
• Lot 578: ROMAN GOLD AND GLASS PENDANT WITH TELEPHUS SUCKLED BY A HIND — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 579: MASSIVE ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH LEDA AND SWAN IN GOLD PENDANT — £2,500 - £3,500
• Lot 580: SUPERB ROMAN AMETHYST EROTIC INTAGLIO — £15,000 - £20,000
• Lot 581: ROMAN INTAGLIO WITH EROTIC SCENE IN GOLD RING — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 582: ROMAN GOLD AND ROCK CRYSTAL PHALLIC PENDANT — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 583: ROMAN SOLID GOLD PHALLIC AMULET — £6,000 - £7,000
• Lot 584: ROMAN AGATE INTAGLIO OF AN EROTIC SCENE IN GOLD RING — £900 - £1,500
• Lot 585: COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS AND STONE AMULETS AND BEADS — £300 - £600
• Lot 586: COLLECTION OF ROMANO-SASANIAN CARNELIAN PENDANTS — £450 - £900
• Lot 587: ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH EROTIC SCENE IN GOLD RING — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 588: ROMAN GOLD RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH EROTIC RITUAL — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 589: BYZANTINE GOLD AND BLUE GLASS NECKLACE WITH CROSS PENDANT — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 590: PAIR OF BYZANTINE GOLD CROSS PENDANTS WITH GARNETS AND PEARLS — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 591: MATCHED PAIR OF BYZANTINE OR ISLAMIC GOLD AND TURQUOISE EARRINGS — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 592: LARGE BYZANTINE SILVER-GILT ENKOLPION WITH CRUCIFIXION — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 593: BYZANTINE ROCK CRYSTAL AND GOLD PENDANT WITH CHRISTIAN SCENE AND INSCRIPTION — £7,000 - £9,000
• Lot 594: STUNNING BYZANTINE SILVER-GILT PENDANT WITH ARCHANGEL MICHAEL — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 595: SOLID BYZANTINE GOLD RING WITH CHRIST AND INSCRIPTION 'NOBISCUM DEUS' — £6,000 - £8,000
• Lot 596: BYZANTINE GOLD AND NIELLO WEDDING RING WITH CHRIST AND A COUPLE — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 597: OSTROGOTHIC SILVER-GILT AND GARNET RADIATE BROOCH — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 598: STUNNING VIKING SILVER-GILT BRONZE BOAR'S HEAD BROOCH — £7,500 - £15,000
• Lot 599: ELEGANT VIKING GOLD TWISTED RING — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 600: VIKING SILVER TORQUE WITH COILED PENDANT — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 601: VIKING GOLD COILED TORC — £1,500 - £2,000
• Lot 602: MEDIEVAL SOLID GOLD RING OF A SEATED BUDDHA — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 603: MEDIEVAL SOLID GOLD RING WITH A FLOWER — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 604: MEDIEVAL SOLID GOLD RING WITH SYMBOLS — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 606: ETRUSCAN REVIVAL GOLD EARRING WITH LION'S HEAD TERMINAL — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 607: FANTASTIC CASTELLANI-INSPIRED ITALIAN GOLD BRACELET WITH ROMAN INTAGLIOS — £7,500 - £15,000
• Lot 608: STUNNING CASTELLANI-INSPIRED ITALIAN GOLD NECKLACE WITH TWENTY-THREE ROMAN INTAGLIOS — £12,000 - £20,000
• Lot 609: ETRUSCAN REVIVAL GOLD EARRING WITH MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMAL TERMINAL — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 610: GEORGIAN GOLD AND BLACK ENAMEL MEMENTO MORI RING — £3,000 - £6,000
• Lot 611: RARE ETRUSCAN CARNELIAN SCARAB OF KNEELING AJAX WITH INSCRIBED NAME IN AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSICAL GOLD — £7,500 - £15,000
• Lot 612: ETRUSCAN REVIVAL GOLD EARRING WITH RAM'S HEAD TERMINAL — £1,500 - £3,000
• Lot 613: LARGE SUMERIAN BLACK STONE FROG WITH INLAYS — £4,000 - £5,000
• Lot 614: NEAR EASTERN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL WITH CONTEST SCENE — £1,500 - £2,000
• Lot 615: NEAR EASTERN MOTTLED BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL WITH RITUAL SCENE AND CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTION — £1,500 - £2,000
• Lot 616: SUMERIAN GREEN STONE JEMDET NASR SEAL WITH RECUMBET BULL — £1,500 - £2,000
• Lot 617: NEAR EASTERN RED STONE AMULET OF RAM — £3,000 - £4,000
• Lot 618: NEAR EASTERN WHITE ALABASTER CYLINDER SEAL WITH DEITIES — £1,500 - £2,000
• Lot 619: MITANNI GREEN STONE CYLINDER SEAL WITH DEITIES — £4,000 - £5,000
• Lot 620: NEAR EASTERN AGATE BIRD-SHAPED SEAL — £3,500 - £4,000
• Lot 621: NEO-BABYLONIAN AGATE CICADA AMULET WITH ENGRAVED SCENE — £3,500 - £4,000
• Lot 622: WESTERN ASIATIC STONE SCARABOID WITH ANIMAL SCENE — £3,000 - £4,000
• Lot 623: NEAR EASTERN HAEMATITE CEREMONIAL MACE HEAD WITH ANIMALS — £5,000 - £6,000
• Lot 624: ASSYRIAN CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEAL WITH MASTER OF ANIMALS — £6,000 - £7,000
• Lot 625: SOUTH ARABIAN SOLID GOLD RING WITH MONOGRAM — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 626: PARTHIAN SOLID GOLD RING WITH PROFILE PORTRAIT OF A HERO — £1,200 - £2,000
• Lot 627: EGYPTIAN LAPIS LAZULI AND GOLD MULTI-STRAND NECKLACE — £600 - £1,000
• Lot 628: LARGE EGYPTIAN LAPIS LAZULI RING — £750 - £1,500
• Lot 629: EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN FROG AMULET — £800 - £900
• Lot 630: PAIR OF EGYPTIAN STEATITE AND GLAZED STEATITE SCARABS WITH HIEROGLYPHS IN GOLD PENDANTS — £600 - £1,000
• Lot 631: FINE EGYPTIAN RED GLASS GIRDLE OF ISIS — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 632: COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN AND ROMAN GLASS RINGS, PENDANTS, BEADS, SEALS AND A DIE — £750 - £1,500
• Lot 633: EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB WITH CONCENTRIC CIRCLES IN GOLD RING — £750 - £1,500
• Lot 634: EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB WITH THE NAME OF SENUSRET II SET IN A GOLD RING — £900 - £1,500
• Lot 635: MATCHED PAIR OF GRAECO-ETRUSCAN GOLD EARRINGS WITH GRANULATION — £750 - £1,500
• Lot 636: MATCHED PAIR OF GRAECO-ETRUSCAN BOAT-SHAPED GOLD EARRINGS — £450 - £900
• Lot 637: ETRUSCAN AGATE SCARABOID OF A GRIFFON IN GOLD RING — £900 - £1,500
• Lot 638: GRAECO-PERSIAN STONE SCARABOID WITH BULL — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 639: GREEK GOLD RING WITH TEMPLE ENGRAVED — £600 - £1,000
• Lot 640: COLLECTION OF GREEK GOLD AND GEMSTONE PENDANTS — £600 - £1,000
• Lot 641: MATCHED PAIR OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS WITH GRANULATION — £600 - £1,000
• Lot 642: HELLENISTIC GOLD LUNULA PENDANT WITH RED GARNET CABOCHON — £750 - £1,500
• Lot 643: GREEK GOLD POLYHEDRAL PENDANT WITH INSCRIBED LETTERS — £600 - £1,000
• Lot 644: HELLENISTIC GOLD HORSE-SHAPED EARRING — £600 - £1,000
• Lot 645: MATCHED PAIR OF GREEK TWISTED GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS WITH BULL HEADS — £600 - £1,000
• Lot 646: MATCHED PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GOLD AND GLASS EARRINGS — £600 - £1,000
• Lot 647: KINGDOM OF MACEDON SILVER TETRADRACHM OF PHILIP II IN A GOLD-PLATED STERLING SILVER COLOSSEUM-SHAPED — £750 - £1,500
• Lot 648: SILVER TETRADRACHM OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN A GOLD-PLATED STERLING SILVER COLOSSEUM-SHAPED PENDANT — £750 - £1,500
• Lot 649: MATCHED PAIR OF EARLY GREEK GOLD EARRINGS — £900 - £1,500
• Lot 650: MATCHED PAIR OF GREEK GOLD BOAT-SHAPED EARRINGS WITH GRANULATION — £750 - £1,500