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LOT 0910
Roman Glass Bottle Stopper Collection
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 -1 1/2 in. (68 grams total, 32.5-39 mm).
Each an aqua glass disc with shallow depression, integral tapering shank. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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