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LOT 0840
Roman Bronze Head-Shaped Weight
3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (55.1 grams, 50 mm).
Formed as youthful head with curly hair framing the face, loop to the top with ferrous remains.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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