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LOT 0128
Published 'The Brixton Deverill' Romano-British Bronze Mercury Statuette
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (91 grams, 98 mm including stand).
Modelled in the round, the god standing nude and wearing the winged petasos and holing the marsupium coin-purse in his right hand; left hand modelled with thumb and forefinger closed to grip the now absent caduceus; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Accompanied by a copy of an article titled A Figurine of Mercury from Brixton Deverill, by Martin Henig.
Published
A Figurine of Mercury from Brixton Deverill, by Martin Henig.
Footnotes
Mercury is often shown wearing a chlamys but the present figure is one of a known group which features his nude form. The modelling is of good quality.
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LOT 0128
Published 'The Brixton Deverill' Romano-British Bronze Mercury Statuette
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
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