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LOT 0660
Late Roman Terracotta Bread Stamp with Lion
4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (393 grams, 11.2 cm wide).
Discoid in plan with integral stub handle, central figure of a stylised leaping lion with its head turned, wreath surrounding.
Provenancewith Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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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