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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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Roman Bone Medical Implement Group
Circa 1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Including a dress pin and two probes, one with a pierced end for suspension. 10.2 grams total, 9.6-15.5 cm
Found City of London, UK. Acquired from mudlark Steve Brooker in the early 2000s. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Roman Floor Mosaic Section
North Africa, 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With portion of original matrix and five rows of tesserae in grey, black, cream and white. 213 grams, 79 mm
Acquired Tunisia, North Africa. From a pre World War II collection, thence by descent. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
In African mosaics, combinations of black and white and cream tessellated mosaics often form the borders of important mosaics, such as those of El Jem, representing the love between Satyrs and Bacchants, or the myth of Leda and the Swan. -
large Roman Lead Gaming Dice
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Cuboid with irregular impressed point markings disposed 1:3, 2:4, 5:6. 20 grams, 14 mm
Acquired 21 July 1997. From the important private collection of dice and gaming pieces of Colin Narbeth, London, UK, collection no.89. Accompanied by a Colin Narbeth catalogue identification slip.
