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LOT 2293
Boxed and Labelled Fossil Ammonite Collection [3]
MIDDLE JURASSIC, CIRCA 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 - 3 5/8 in. (600 grams total, 83-92 mm).
Comprising three Perisphinctes sp. ammonites, two with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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