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LOT 0927

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

ROMAN BRONZE MERCURY STATUETTE
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (209 grams, 12.6 cm).

Modelled standing nude wearing the winged petasos and with a bag of coins in his extended right hand, mantle over his left shoulder; attachment peg to the underside of each foot.

PROVENANCE:
English private collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 27, for type.

CONDITION
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