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LOT 0704
Roman Silver Bust Fragment
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.65 grams, 19 mm).
Hollow-formed male bust modelled in the round with curly shoulder-length hair and wearing a travelling cloak (pallium); possibly depicting Alexander the Great.
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland, 1992.
Thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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