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LOT 0900
Roman Glass Bangle Group
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 - 3 in. (37 grams total, 58-77 mm).
Each a D-section coloured glass bangle with the ends pressed together. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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