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Roman Lead Coffin and Painted Fresco Fragments Roman Lead Coffin and Painted Fresco Fragments Roman Lead Coffin and Painted Fresco Fragments
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LOT 0948

Roman Lead Coffin and Painted Fresco Fragments

3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

3/8 - 3 7/8 in. (218 grams total, 9-98 mm).

Wall-plaster fragment with remains of laths to the reverse, dressed surface with painted red and white detailing; with a fragment of a lead coffin believed to have contained the remains of a Roman girl about 17-21 years of age; with old collector's ticket. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

The coffin fragment found at Brough, Nottinghamshire, UK, 1970s-1980s.
Acquired from Ancient & Oriental, UK, in the 1990s.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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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LOT 0948

Roman Lead Coffin and Painted Fresco Fragments

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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