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LOT 1261
Sasanian Agate Seal Group
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 3/4 in. (7.03 grams total, 14-19 mm).
Comprising: banded agate seal with profile bust within a wreath; pink seal with reserved discs to the flanks. foliage and frond design; accompanied by museum-quality impressions. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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