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LOT 0696
Roman Glass Cosmetic Bottle
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (34 grams, 10.1 cm).
The slender tubular neck rising from a globular body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Coincraft, London WC1.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
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