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LOT 0163
Roman Bronze Head
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (440 grams, 10 cm).
Hollow-formed with long neck, abundant thick hair and beard, broad mouth; probably intended to represent an emperor.
ProvenanceAcquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent.
Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s.
Cf. a bronze statue of Hadrian from the Camp of the Sixth Roman Legion in Tel Shalem, 117–138 AD, now in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
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LOT 0163
Roman Bronze Head
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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