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LOT 0167
Roman Bronze Military Roundel
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (120 grams, 77 mm).
Domed phalera with field of radiating bosses in varying sizes, central tondo with profile female bust; four attachment points to the reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. similar less ornate example in the British Museum under accession no.1854,0717.23.
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