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LOT 0881
Roman Face Artefact Collection
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1/2 - 1 1/8 in. (21 grams total, 14-29 mm).
Including ring bezel with glass insert, face bead, and other types. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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