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LOT 0739
Roman Cobalt Blue Glass Lion Head Pendant
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.06 grams, 26 mm).
Discoid in plan with bulb to reverse, moulded lion-mask to obverse with radiating mane. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons gallery, 1990s.
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