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LOT 0891
Roman Bifacial Terracotta Forger's Coin Mould
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.98 grams, 26 mm).
Discoid in plan, both sides with a laureate bust of an emperor, legend surrounding. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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