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LOT 0822
Large Roman Glass Bead
2ND-3RD CENTURY AD.
1 3/8 in. (41 grams, 35 mm).
Oblate black bead with dragged trails and applied white bosses to the equator. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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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