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LOT 0754
Romano-British 'Colchester' Samian Ware Sherd Group with Makers' Stamps
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 - 6 1/4 in. (540 grams total, 6.5-16 cm).
Including sherds of rim and base with inked accession numbers; some with impressed stamps; inked collector's notes including 'Base Sherd / Potter's Stamp: Patrici.M. / (Patricius of Lezoux) / Provenance: Colchester'; with three display cards. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Colchester, Essex, UK, and Gaul.
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.
Accompanied by two old handwritten collection display cards noting the provenance as from 'South Gaul' and two original typed slips noting the provenance as 'Colchester'.
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LOT 0754
Romano-British 'Colchester' Samian Ware Sherd Group with Makers' Stamps
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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Antiquarian Research and Photograph Albums of Various Roman Sites in Britain
1960s-1980s A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Comprising six albums: a photo album with pictures from Calleva Atrebatum, Roman Silchester in Hampshire, England, showing categorised images of artefacts and displays from Reading museum with handwritten information labels, including mosaics, jewellery, beads, pottery, tiles and other artefacts; a photo album with images from Tullie House Museum showing pictures of oil lamps, oil lamps, pottery, some with handwritten information labels, also containing images from Colchester Castle Museum comprising images of pottery, Samian ware moulds, and other artefacts, and images from Wroxeter Roman city, pictures of six stones from the Roman camp at Old Penrith, pictures from Newcastle Museum, and from Great Witcombe villa in Gloucestershire; an album with postcards and printed information cards from Vindolanda, a Roman auxiliary fort south of Hadrian's Wall showing life and costumes during Roman occupation; another album with photographs from Corbridge, a Roman town south of Hadrian's Wall, pictures taken at Aldborough Roman town, and pictures from Yorkshire Museum in York; an album containing black-and-white images of mainly Roman and Byzantine coins; a scrap book with labelled pictures and postcards from Chedworth Roman Villa, Chesters Roman Fort in Northumberland, Housesteads Roman Fort, antiquities in Chesters Museum, Hadrian's Wall area, Aesica (Great Chesters), Vindolanda, and miscellaneous pictures of historic places and artefacts. 12.9 kg total, 26.5 x 28.5 - 33.5 x 29 cm
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. -
Roman Bone with Lead Knuckle Bone Gaming Piece Pair
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Group of two astragali gaming pieces, each with a lead plug in the central cavity. 34.1 grams total, 29-30 mm
Acquired from Ancient & Oriental, circa 1995. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK. -
Roman Glass and Other Bead Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Including oblate, melon, tubular, fusiform and other types. 29 grams total, 2-11 mm
Acquired from Allan Cherry at the Birmingham Coin & Antiquities Fair, UK, in 2006. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
