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LOT 0595
Romano-British 'Hampshire' Samian Ware Sherd Collection on Display Cards
LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
10 x 8 in. (534 grams total, 25.5 x 20.5 cm each).
Mixed group of decorated Samian ware fragments mounted on card display boards, one with old typed label: 'COARSE BEAD RIM POTTERY SHERDS. / Found in Hampshire. / c. 25 B.C.-25A.D.'. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Hampshire 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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LOT 0595
Romano-British 'Hampshire' Samian Ware Sherd Collection on Display Cards
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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