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LOT 0723
Roman 'Camulodunum' Stone Mosaic Floor Section
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 in. (623 grams, 11.5 cm).
Matrix of opus caementicium with embedded rows of cuboid tesserae forming a pavement surface. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Colchester, Essex, 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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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