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LOT 0819
Roman Bronze Phalera
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (203 grams, 73 mm).
Discoid in plan with raised lip to the rim, central gorgoneion motif in high relief. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
Literature
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no.1854,0717.23.
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