Ancient Roman Ceramic Extremely Rare Fragment from a Tile sealed with a stamp of the VII th. Legion- Claudia Pia Fidelis - .×.×. cm

Ancient Roman Ceramic fragment from a tile sealed with a stamp of the VII th Legion- Claudia Pia Fidelis- "the legion that is loyal and faithful to Claudius". founded from Gaius Julius Caesar 58 th. B. C. Insription: VII CL This Legion fought in the Dacian wars led by the emperor Trajan. The Roman legionnaire Tiberius Claudius Maximus, who brought the head of the Dacian king Decebalus to the emperor Trajan, was serving in Legio VII Claudia. Only a fragment from a bigger tile and the letters from the first part of the inscription- LEG are broken, but the second and more important part which indicates which legion stamped this tile CL VII th is well preserved and still readable! See Photo Extremely Rare. Size: 16cm. Item No. E35 Purchased by the current owner in 2013 in Austria, Wien from Collector fair. Collected Since: 1980's. Previous owners history: Old Austrian Private Collection. The Seller can prove that the lot was obtained legally , provenance statement seen by Catawiki. Important information. The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot. The seller will take care that any necessary permits will be arranged. The seller will inform the buyer about this if this takes more than a few days.