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LOT 0727
Roman Bronze Knife Pommel with Head of a Lion
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (26.5 grams, 24 mm).
Hollow-formed with collar to the lower rim, voided mouth to accept a ring; probable knife pommel.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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