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LOT 1019
Roman Bronze Stylus Pair
CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 - 5 3/8 in. (23.9 grams total, 11.2 -13.6 cm including stand).
Each with a round-section body and a sharply pointed end, the other end flattened to form the eraser. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Reculver, Kent, UK.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 1019
Roman Bronze Stylus Pair
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £50
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Opening Bid: £350
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Opening Bid: £5
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Found at Reculver, Kent, UK, in 1956. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.