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LOT 0895

Roman Bronze Mercury Statuette Head

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (13.3 grams, 20 mm).

With winged petasos traveller's headgear and low-relief facial detailing. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Property of a Gloucestershire, UK, collector.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Boucher, S. & Tassinari, S., Musée de la Civilisation Gallo-Romaine a Lyon: Bronzes Antiques I. Inscriptions, Statuaire, Vaisselle, Lyon, 1976, item 46, for type.

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LOT 0895

Roman Bronze Mercury Statuette Head

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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