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LOT 0631
Roman Artefact Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 3 1/2 in. (118 grams total, 23-88 mm).
The group comprising: a bronze handle or a furniture mount with ribbed body and looped terminals; a lead disc with Roman numerals 'VII' in two lines; a whetstone and two moulded stone fragments. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Nottinghamshire, UK.
Acquired from Ancient & Oriental in 2003.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
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