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LMGLM:2017.4.1

Summary: pottery vessel, Romano British, c.3rd century, holding 1608 Roman coins. The top has been removed presumably from ploughing. There is at least one band of rouletting on the outside. Impressions of coins are still visible on the inside of the sherds. Pot underwent conservation and reconstruction work in June 2017 by Wiltshire Conservation Service.Identification...

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Summary: pottery vessel, Romano British, c.3rd century, holding 1608 Roman coins. The top has been removed presumably from ploughing. There is at least one band of rouletting on the outside. Impressions of coins are still visible on the inside of the sherds. Pot underwent conservation and reconstruction work in June 2017 by Wiltshire Conservation Service.

Identification note: Initially fifteen sherds (one base, the rest body; no rim sherds) of a globular vessel, probably a flagon, composed of a pink fabric with small red inclusions and a brownish-red slipped surface.

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