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LOT 0955
St Albans Roman Pottery Sherd Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 7 5/8 in. (2.47 kg total, 2.6-19.3 cm).
Large group of fragments, including a ribbed handle, some showing a footed base, and some redware fragments; most with an inked collector's note. [56, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound at Blue House Hill, St Albans, 1955-1956.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 0955
St Albans Roman Pottery Sherd Collection
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Late Roman Military Belt Buckle Plate
4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Buckle counter-plate decorated in late Roman military style with central panel of scrolls with guilloche bands and billeting, triangular extension to rear edge with triskele within a guilloche border and hare-and-hounds motif to the edge; rolled rim to the forward edge and three piercings, one with rivet in situ. 47 grams, 73 mm
Acquired in the 1980s. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Roman Bone Gaming Dice Pair
Circa 1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two cuboid dice with ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6, 2:5, 3:4. 6.62 grams total, 12 mm each
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Redware Vessel Sherd with Centaur Scene
Circa 4th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragment of a vessel with rouletting and corrugations, low-relief frieze depicting a small child led by the hand by an advancing figure in a large cloak, towards a centaur holding a staff; rosettes in the field and band of pellets below; old collector's label to reverse 'Young Achilles with his mother, Thetis, taken to centaur Chiron to school'. 85 grams, 95 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
