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LOT 0823
Roman Silver Armilla Bracelet with Paddle Terminals
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (11.7 grams, 58 mm).
With slender D-section shank flaring to large lobe terminals, transverse incised lines to the neck, pointillé coiled tendril design. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 161, for similar.
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