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LOT 0803
Roman Bronze Snake-Headed Bracelet
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (18.5 grams, 75 mm).
With flared finials developing to serpents' heads with hatched detailing; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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