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LOT 0804

Roman Bronze Bust of a Man

2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

2 5/8 in. (68.6 grams, 68 mm).

Modelled in the round wearing a crested Phrygian cap and mantle; three piercing to the chest to accept mounting pins.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

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LOT 0804

Roman Bronze Bust of a Man

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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