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LOT 0124
Roman Bronze Diploma Fragment
3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (20.75 grams, 46 mm).
Bifacial fragment with piercing at one corner; Side A - trilinear margin with seriffed legend 'QVI MILI[TAVERUNT ...IN CO-] / HORTIBVS [PRAETORIIS SE-]/ VERIANIS [DECEM I II III] / IV V VI [VII VIII VIIII X] / PIIS VIND[ICIBUS]' and below ']TAVERVN['; Side B - legend set perpendicular to reverse 'MODESTO / S CONISEVE / M A]VRELIO M F V[LP SECVNDO --- / +DESCRIPT[VM ---'.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. RMD 132 from A.D. 228.
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