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LOT 0755
Roman Redware Plate Sherd with Dolphin
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (77 grams, 13 cm).
Section of the rim with carination below, high-relief dolphin with its tail curled over above its head. [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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