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LOT 0726
Large Roman Bronze Millefiori Mount
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (12.9 grams, 42 mm).
Discoid in form with chamfered side edge and mounting lug to reverse centre, decorated with concentric circles populated with red and blue enamelled square cells.
Provenance
Found near Great Walsingham, Norfolk, UK, circa 2005.
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