An early Roman tablet–dating from the early 1st century A.D.–depicting Emperor Tiberius failed to sell this afternoon at Christie’s in New York. The work had been “estimate on request” and was in the region of $3 million.

The auctioneer opened bidding at $1.5 million. Though she kept trying until $2.2 million, there were no bids.

We wrote about this piece here yesterday.

The sale included 166 lots. Sale results will be updated as they are released by Christie’s.

UPDATE: The sale totaled $8.7 million, with 64 percent of lots selling. The top lot was a Roman bronze lamp stand with a pudgy boy, circa last 1st century BC, selling for $1.1 million to a European private collector bidding by phone.