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LOT 0720
Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Lozenge-Shaped Seal Lid
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (5.25 grams, 48 mm).
Composed of a lozenge-shaped plate with blue and red enamel decoration, remains of hinge at one end with a terminal knop at the opposite end. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Norfolk, UK.
From a Kent collection formed in the 1990s.
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