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LOT 0684
Cabochon with Hebrew Text
ROMAN, 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
3/4 in. (2.12 grams, 18 mm).
Octagonal in plan and plano-convex in profile, glass cabochon with three lines of calligraphic Hebrew text, possibly a personal seal for someone called Aaron. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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