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LOT 0725
Romano-British 'Colchester' Roof Tile Sherd
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7 3/8 in. (829 grams, 18.7 cm).
Rectangular in plan with lip to one edge; marked 'Burn scars' and wth white inked inscription: 'Tile from Boudiccan revolt level: Cups Hotel Excavation, Colchester'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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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