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LOT 0800
Roman Floor Mosaic Sections
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 - 2 in. (31 grams total, 39-49 mm).
Two small fragments of cement floor with cuboid tesserae embedded. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
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.
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