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LOT 0936
Late Roman Glass Pendant with Profile Bust
MID 4TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (1.47 grams, 24 mm).
Discoid in plan with pierced lug above, impressed profile bust with pointillé hair; repaired.
Provenance
Collected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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