A Roman pale glass janus-head flask, the body mould-blown with identical youthful plump-faced heads, with tightly curled locks, tall cylindrical neck with everted rim and inward-folded lip -- 3 3/8in. (8.7cm.) high, 3rd-4th Century A.D.; and a yellow glass flask, the squat body with eight vertical fin projections, short cylindrical neck with everted rim -- 2 3/8in. (6cm.) high, 1st-2nd Century A.D.

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A Roman pale glass janus-head flask, the body mould-blown with identical youthful plump-faced heads, with tightly curled locks, tall cylindrical neck with everted rim and inward-folded lip -- 3 3/8in. (8.7cm.) high, 3rd-4th Century A.D.; and a yellow glass flask, the squat body with eight vertical fin projections, short cylindrical neck with everted rim -- 2 3/8in. (6cm.) high, 1st-2nd Century A.D.
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