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LOT 0709
Roman 'Essex' Bronze and Other Artefact Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 2 5/8 in. (127 grams total, 30-68 mm).
Including redware fragments, one stamped 'PALL[..]' and another with a lion-mask spout, bronze crest from a statuette of Mercury, bird finial, bone pin, and other items. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound various sites in Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.
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LOT 0709
Roman 'Essex' Bronze and Other Artefact Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Roman Bronze Mixed Brooch Group
Circa 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Including lion, umbonate, equal-ended and other types. 36.1 grams total, 20-35 mm
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Romano-British 'Colchester' Samian Ware Sherd Group with Makers' Stamps
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Including sherds of rim and base with inked accession numbers; some with impressed stamps; inked collector's notes including 'Base Sherd / Potter's Stamp: Patrici.M. / (Patricius of Lezoux) / Provenance: Colchester'; with three display cards. 540 grams total, 6.5-16 cm
Found Colchester, Essex, UK, and Gaul. 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 two old handwritten collection display cards noting the provenance as from 'South Gaul' and two original typed slips noting the provenance as 'Colchester'. -
Roman Double-Handled Flask
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Aqua glass jar with bulbous body, broad neck, double-folded flange rim, two lateral strap handles extending from the mouth to the shoulder. 49 grams, 10 cm high
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present.
