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LOT 0709
Roman 'Essex' Bronze and Other Artefact Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 2 5/8 in. (127 grams total, 30-68 mm).
Including redware fragments, one stamped 'PALL[..]' and another with a lion-mask spout, bronze crest from a statuette of Mercury, bird finial, bone pin, and other items. [7, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found various sites in Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.
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