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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.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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