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LOT 0743
Romano-British 'Colchester' Kiln Slag Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 - 4 7/8 in. (1.33 kg total, 4.6-12.4 cm).
Irregular kiln slag fragments with various inclusions. [8, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Colchester, Essex, 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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