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LOT 0913
Roman Bronze Silenus Head Mount
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (17.14 grams, 23 mm).
Hollow-formed head with flaccid features, rim to reverse and mounting bar. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Suffolk, UK, collection, 1990s-2000s.
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