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LOT 0553
Hellenistic Silver Child's Bracelet
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1/4 in. (4.80 grams, 8 mm).
Decorated on the central round bezel with the head of a youth surrounded by a laurel wreath; external face decorated with pattern of alternating lozenges, lines and S-shaped motifs; twisted closure at the back.
Provenance
Ex property of a London lady; from her family collection formed in the 1970s.
Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector.
Accompanied by an illustrated collector's identification tag.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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