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LOT 0677
Romano-British Mortarium Sherd Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 - 10 in. (1.6 kg total, 11.4-25.5 cm).
Including fragments of rim with pouring lip and other features, one with inked inscription: 'BHM/3 70. US'. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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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Roman Bronze Crouching Female Statuette
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Modelled in the round female crouching with hands resting on her knees, hair drawn up in a chignon; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 80 grams total, 73 mm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Roman Carved Cameo of a Female
Late 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Ellipsoid in plan with reserved female profile portrait bust, the hair dressed in a chignon. 0.64 grams, 13 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection since the late 1990s. -
Romano-British Legionary Terracotta Tile Fragment Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Group of three terracotta fragments with impressed stamps '[..]NVAC', 'LEG.AVG' and one marked freehand '[..}LITOF[..]'. 1.46 kg total, 13-15.4 cm
Found 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.
The bricks belonged to the famous Legio II Augusta, (Legio II Gallica Augusta Sabina Britannica Felix) which since the 43 A.D. until the 5th century A.D. were linked to Britain. Its headquarters were at Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum (Newport in South Wales) and in the Late Empire at Rutupiae (Richborough). Traces of this legion were still found in Sub-Roman Britain and Sub-Roman Gallia in 5th-6th centuries A.D.
