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LOT 0816

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

ROMAN GEM WITH COCKEREL FIGHTING A SNAKE
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (0.85 grams, 14 mm).

Glass imitating nicolo with incuse image of a cockerel and a rearing snake on a baseline; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.

CONDITION
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