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LOT 0254
Achaemenid Silver Ram-Headed Bracelet Pair
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (99 grams total, 74-75 mm).
Each comprising a D-section penannular body and finely-modelled beast-head terminals. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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