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LOT 1493
Cameo with Bust of a Roman Soldier
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.97 grams, 24 mm).
A shell cameo portraying the draped and cuirassed bust of a Roman soldier facing left, wearing a helmet; attached to an agate backed gilt copper-alloy setting. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1990s.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
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