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LOT 1043
Roman Bronze Armour Segments
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (4.4 grams, 45 mm).
Comprising four interlocking tongue-shaped segments from a lorica squamata; each with double piercing on the top and the two side edges. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex North American private collection.
Acquired privately on the European art market in the 1990s.
Property of a Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
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