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LOT 0765
Roman Terracotta EXOFIVSTI Factory Oil Lamp
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (80 grams, 11.2 cm).
Squat in profile with pierced lug handle, short nozzle, low-relief image of a horseman to the discus and crescent panels to the shoulder; underside stamped 'EXOFIVSTI'; old collectors' inked legends '1-70' and 'R6-45'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Bideford, Devon, UK, collection.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.OL1; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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