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LOT 0632
Romano-British Bronze Mount of Dionysus
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (42.8 grams, 45 mm high).
Formed as a bust of within foliate crescent, wearing a floral diadem and pleated tunic; rectangular mounting lug to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near Colchester, Essex, 2005.
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