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LOT 0748
Roman Bronze Hand Weight
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.8 grams, 26 mm).
Modelled in the round right hand with long slender fingers and thumb. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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