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LOT 0628
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ROMAN LEAD SEALING WITH BUST OF AN EMPEROR
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 in. (2.3 grams, 13 mm).
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 in. (2.3 grams, 13 mm).
A round lead seal with male portrait, wearing a military mantle fastened on the right side by a fibula, three Latin letters on the left side, possibly 'I A A'. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the 1970s.
Important European collection.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, items 625-630, for type.
FOOTNOTES:
Lead seals were used to seal documents. The sealing shows a facing male head with a bearded face, probably the portrait of a Roman emperor or a high imperial functionary, like a Dux or a Praefectus. The hairstyle is that of the Dominate, or late 3rd century AD.
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