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Roman Bronze Miniature Herm Statuette Roman Bronze Miniature Herm Statuette Roman Bronze Miniature Herm Statuette
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LOT 0686

Roman Bronze Miniature Herm Statuette

1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

2 1/4 in. (33 grams, 56 mm).

With stepped domed base, the shank square in section and tapering with helmetted head, stub arms, chevron hatching to the chest and male genitals.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. similar figure in the British Museum under accession no.1912,1125.13.

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LOT 0686

Roman Bronze Miniature Herm Statuette

Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)

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