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LOT 0646
Roman Bronze Phalera with Medusa
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (49 grams, 61 mm).
Domed with mask of Medusa, wings to the brow and serpent above; ribbed border. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex USA private collection, early 1990s.
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