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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3354285, member: 76086&quot;]Agreed.&nbsp; Dont clean it, you will only do damage.&nbsp; You can see where it is rather delicate around the edges where it was cast.&nbsp; You could dislodge a lot of material.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for dating, there are some issues.&nbsp; The form of these didn&#039;t change much and often Greek examples look just Roman.&nbsp; This almond shaped type however is pretty typical of the Republican period.&nbsp; For reference, see M.C. Bishop &amp; J. C. N. Coulston, <i>Roman Military Equipment, From the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome</i>, figure 27, numbers 1 to 5.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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