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LOT 0856
Roman Gold Herakles Club Pendant
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (1.65 grams, 26 mm).
Comprising a conical sheet-gold body with applied collars to the lower end and centre, applied filigree and granule detailing.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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