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LOT 2037
Gold Roman Style Pendant
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (10.72 grams, 51 mm).
Discoid with repoussé radiating petals, repoussé central boss, pellets to the rim and granule to the tip of each petal, beaded wire collar to the boss. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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