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LOT 0768

Estimate
GBP (£) 250 - 350
EUR (€) 290 - 400
USD ($) 330 - 470

ROMAN BRONZE PHALERA OF MEDUSA
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (33 grams, 47 mm).

Discoid in plan with raised lip to the rim, central gorgoneion motif.

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.

LITERATURE:
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no.1854,0717.23.

CONDITION
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