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LOT 0675
Roman Bronze Mercury Votive Foot
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (92 grams, 70 mm).
Hollow-formed with raised posture, low-relief detailed strapping. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Gloucestershire, UK, collector.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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