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LOT 0033
Roman Nicolo Gemstone of Boy
1ST CENTURY A.D.
1/4 in. (0.18 grams, 7 mm).
Discoid in plan with incuse juvenile head in three-quarter view; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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