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LOT 0733
Romano-British 'St Albans' Painted Fresco Wall Plaster Fragment Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 2 in. (70 grams total, 36-51 mm).
With painted stripe, swirl and other motifs, supplied with old collector's record card 'Roman Wall Plaster / 4 pieces of painted wall plaster. From St. Albans'. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound St Albans, Hertfordshire, 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 0733
Romano-British 'St Albans' Painted Fresco Wall Plaster Fragment Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Roman Square Trade Weight Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Rectangular and square in plan, some with punchmarks. 183 grams total, 10-27 mm
Ex Simmons gallery, 1990s. From a North London, UK, collection. -
Roman Bronze Signet Ring with Hare Motif
3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With slightly upturned shoulders, disc bezel with incuse figure of a hare. 4.65 grams, 24.33 mm overall, 20.11 x 17.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)
Acquired from the Cumberland Coin Show in 1998. From the personal collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Hollow Bone Gaming Dice Pair
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Each a cube with hollow centre and ring-and-dot markings disposed around the voids: 1:6, 2:5, 3:4 to voided face on each. 3.31 grams total, 11 mm each
From the important private collection of dice and gaming pieces of Colin Narbeth, London, UK, collection no.69.