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LOT 0767
Roman Bronze Inscribed Tabula Ansata
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (4.75 grams, 62 mm).
A votive tablet with pierced dovetail handles, faint pointillé inscription in two lines, presumably the name of the dedicator.
ProvenanceAcquired 1970-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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