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LOT 0867
Romano-British 'Burgh Castle Fort' Decorated Sherd Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
12 1/4 x 8 in. (295 grams, 31.2 x 20.5 cm).
Group of sherds of various types with impressed, slipped and moulded decoration; mounted on a card display board with title: 'DECORATED ROMAN POTTERY. / BURGH CASTLE.'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Burgh Castle, Norfolk, UK.
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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LOT 0867
Romano-British 'Burgh Castle Fort' Decorated Sherd Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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