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LOT 0604
Roman Bronze and Lead Artefact Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 2 1/4 in. (93 grams total, 25-57 mm).
Comprising two lead spindlewhorls, a bronze stylus with hooked eraser; a bronze terret ring. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
The terret from a 1970s private collection, found Norfolk.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
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