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LOT 2298
Roman Style Bronze Dedicatory Plaque
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (12.4 grams, 54 mm).
Crescent-shaped plaque pierced at each end to accept a mounting ring: enigmatic inscription in three lines following the curve of the edges, in capitals: 'fvcheme cn / mrevocv verismeidm / zonino accidis solidunt'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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