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LOT 0562
Hellenistic Silver Diadem
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
2 5/8 in. (1.96 grams, 68 mm).
Leaf-shaped with repoussé frieze of an advancing horseman and kneeling figure; pellets to the border and other ornament. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Northamptonshire collection in early 1990s.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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