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LOT 0748
Roman Bronze Phalera with Medusa
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (51.9 grams, 60 mm).
Domed with mask of Medusa, wings to the brow and serpent above; ribbed border.
ProvenanceEx UK private collection formed from the 1970s.
Property of a Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
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