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LOT 0876
Roman Silver Eagle and Lamb Mount
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.53 grams, 27 mm).
Modelled in the round on a trapezoidal plaque, the eagle gripping a lamb in its powerful claws, head raised and wings crossed; suspension loop absent.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection since the late 1990s.
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