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LOT 2834
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Coaster Set
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (1.16 kg total, 11.4 cm wide).
Comprising six coasters on a stand carved from fossiliferous stone showing orthoceras specimens. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2834
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Coaster Set
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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