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Roman ceramic antefix

Triangular antefix with moulded design: LEGXX in the centre, with a running boar below it and above it a bust, wearing a crown or headdress. The flange by which the antefix was kept in position on the eaves is broken off.

Ceramic atefix (roof decoration) of the Twentieth Legion, 75-250 CE. Found at Holt, north-east Wales. The legion was stationed at Chester.

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Roman ceramic antefix
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Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

25.1/114

Find Information

Site Name: Holt, Wrexham

Grid Reference: SJ 405 546
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1907-1915

Acquisition

purchase, 7/1/1925

Measurements

length / mm:228
width / mm:190
maximum thickness / mm:60
thickness / mm
weight / g:1370.7

Material

Ceramic

Location

location verified by SI

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