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LOT 0635
Roman Silver Eagle on Base
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.14 grams, 24 mm).
Drum-shaped base with gusseted sidewall, perching eagle modelled in the round.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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