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LOT 0845
Roman Lead Weight Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 1/8 in. (181 grams total,13-29 mm).
Mostly tabular in form, displaying varying numbers of dimples to one or multiple faces. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
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