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LOT 0990
Roman and Later Glass Head Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
5/8 - 7/8 in. (5.71 grams total, 15-24 mm).
Group of three moulded janiform heads, one possibly Hercules. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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