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LOT 0084
Roman Gold Votive Plaque
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (2.24 grams, 30 mm).
Rectangular sheet-gold with boss to the centre, repoussé phallus motif.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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