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LOT 0591
Roman Silver Figure of a Man
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (9.05 grams, 39 mm).
Standing erect wearing a draped toga, bearded and with thick bowl-cut hair.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 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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