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LOT 0898

Sold for (Inc. bp): £273

ROMANO-BRITISH BRONZE STONE MASON OR ARCHITECT'S DIVIDERS
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (27.5 grams, 95 mm).

Each arm with incised hatching at the broad end, square-section point; securing knop with baluster and notched finial.

PROVENANCE:
Found Colchester, Essex, UK.
Acquired from Parthenon Gallery, London WC1, UK, before 2000.
Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector.

Accompanied by an illustrated collector's identification tag.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
See The British Museum, museum number 1975,0804.22, for similar.

CONDITION
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