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LOT 0637

Roman Bronze Bearded Philosopher Mount

CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (3.33 grams, 25 mm).

Displaying the bald pate and bearded face of a Roman intellectual in profile right. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Essex, UK, before 2010.

Literature

Cf. Read, B., Metal Artefacts of Antiquity vol.1, Langport, 2001, fig.3 (13), for a similar mount.

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LOT 0637

Roman Bronze Bearded Philosopher Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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