An olive-green glass Janus-head flask, the body mould-blown with two similar faces with curly hair and chubby features, tall cylindrical neck with wide everted mouth and inward-folded rim, damaged -- 3½in. (8.9cm.) high; and another similar, repaired with neck from another flask -- 3 1/8in. (8cm.) high, both circa 3rd Century A.D. (2)
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An olive-green glass Janus-head flask, the body mould-blown with two similar faces with curly hair and chubby features, tall cylindrical neck with wide everted mouth and inward-folded rim, damaged -- 3½in. (8.9cm.) high; and another similar, repaired with neck from another flask -- 3 1/8in. (8cm.) high, both circa 3rd Century A.D. (2)
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