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LOT 0785

Roman Bronze Phalera with Figures

1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.

4 in. (14.3 grams, 10 cm).

Sheet-bronze plaque with raised border and four piercings, central repoussé frieze of a bearded figure with a staff advancing on a baseline before a second such figure holding the hand of a female with neck-ring, stripped to the waist.

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 0785

Roman Bronze Phalera with Figures

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105

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