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LOT 0755
Roman Enamelled Bronze Phallic Mount
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (3.8 grams, 33 mm).
With segmented enamelled cells to the obverse, two attachment studs to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound West Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK.
Property of a Kent lady collector.
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items 378, 387, 420-425.
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