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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]
Provenance
Found 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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