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LOT 0764

Roman Silvered Bronze Mirror

1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

3 3/4 in. (97 grams, 94 mm).

Discoid with circumferential band of pierced circles, one face featuring a series of concentric circles; the other plain with remains of tinning.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Literature

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1854,0425.4, for a similar Romano-British example.

CONDITION

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LOT 0764

Roman Silvered Bronze Mirror

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

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