A Roman lead anchor, 1st century century Extremely well-preserved Roman lead anchor for a small merchant or war ship. Curved shape. Shell encrustations. Underwater find, presumably from the Mediterranean along the coast of Southern France. Length 123 cm. Weight between 70 and 80 kg. Axel Guttmann Collection (no inventory number). Cf. a similar anchor at Hermann Historica's 50th auction on 27 April 2006, lot 1369. historic, historical, ancient world, vessel, vessels, object, objects, stills, clipping, clippings, cut out, cut-out, cut-outs,

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