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LOT 0649
Roman Bifacial Terracotta Forger's Coin Mould
3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.4 grams, 26 mm).
Discoid in plan, one side with profile bust of an emperor wearing a radiate crown, legend surrounding; the reverse with two facing figures on a baseline. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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