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LOT 0722

Sold for (Inc. bp): £364

ROMAN SILVER-GILT 'VIVA' LETTERING GROUP
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1/4 - 1/2 in. (0.53 grams total, 6-12 mm).

An openwork bar displaying the Latin word 'VIVA'; section of frame before the first 'V' and the 'A' now separate. [2]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

FOOTNOTES:
Possibly forming part of the phrase VIVAT '[may he/she ] live'.

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