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LOT 0103
Roman Bronze Marriage Mirror with Facing Busts and Inscription
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (130 grams, 91 mm).
Discoid in plan with a beaded rim and concentric rings; at the centre, two draped busts, a male and a female, with faint remains of inscription surrounding; the other side polished and tinned.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
London collection, acquired on the UK art market.
Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, items 858,860, for type.
FootnotesThe image on the back of the mirror depicts an imperial couple from the 4th century. The type of diadem worn by the male figure, clad in a paludamentum and cuirass, and the man's profile suggest a depiction of Constantine and Fausta, or of Constantine and his mother Helena.
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