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LOT 0900
Roman Bronze Face Mount
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.21 grams, 23 mm).
Profile bust of a putto with swept-back hair and fleshy features; studs to the reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Gloucestershire, UK, collector.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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