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LOT 0684
Roman Bone Gaming Dice
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 in. (1.7 grams, 10 mm).
Cuboid with chamfered corners each with a ring-and-dot motif, reserved pellet marks disposed 1:6, 2:4, 3:5. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Red House Antiques, York, UK, in 2006.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Romano-British Castor Ware and Other Sherd Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Mixed group of sherds, many with inked reference number, and collector's display cards including 'Sherd of calcite gritted bowl. Indented rim. Colchester kilns. 4th Cent.', 'NENE VALLEY / NVCIO', 'Col' for Colchester, 'CANVEY ISLAND / CC/6', 'MG/105 / CAMBRIDGE / P.', LONDON / CC/27', 'TINKERS LANE / ROCHFORD / CC/26'. 804 grams total, 2.5-10 cm
Found UK. From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s. Accompanied by handwritten information display cards. -
Roman and Later Artefact Collection
1st-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Including a bifid vessel handle with coiled finial, buckles, belt-plaques; harness fittings, key-wards and other items. 646 grams total, 1.6-13.6 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Roman Mixed Ceramic Vessel Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Including a dish, a dish lid, terracotta plate and buff ware jar. 1.33 kg total, 5.6-19.5 cm
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
