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LOT 0947
Roman Bronze Bread Stamp
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (23 grams, 40 mm).
Rectangular with raised rim and reserved inscription 'M.I.L'; repaired handle to the reverse.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 89, for type.
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