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Lot 5177 SESSION 16 - 9.30AM FRIDAY 16 APRIL Antiquities
Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $100
ANCIENT ROMAN, bone stylus (a writing utensil), length 97mm., 1st - 3rd century A.D. Fine, very scarce with certificate.
Ex Mark and Susan Marshan Collection. The word stylus along with the word "style" came from the Latin word stilus meaning: "a stake; a pointed instrument", used by the Romans, for writing upon wax tablets.
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