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LOT 3693
Roman Truncated Spheroid Basalt Weight of 6 Scripula. Circa 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Roman basalt weight in the shape of truncated sphere; dotted and inlaid in silver VI on one base, the other plain. Cf. Pondera Online 1083. Condition as seen.(7.16gr, 19.5mm x 11.5mm.).
Provenance
From an old collection formed before WWII and believed to have been from Paestum.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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