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LOT 0661
Roman Lead Tag with Seal Impressions
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (15.19 grams, 36 mm).
A lead seal tag bearing two oval-shaped impressions containing figural motifs: the smaller impression possibly a standing winged figure facing right; the larger impression portraying a standing figure holding an object. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s.
Important European collection.
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