Details
LOT 3573
Roman Bronze Token. Circa 1st century BC-3th century AD.
Battering ram to right / Blank. Condition as seen.(15.26gr, 32mm x 20mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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