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LOT 0100
Roman Silver-Gilt Military Mount with Mars Ultor
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (18.79 grams, 32 mm).
D-shaped plaque with bust modelled in the round with openwork foliage to the border.
Provenance
UK private collection, acquired in New York in the 1980s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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