Roman Bronze Miniature Herm

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.

Literature

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

CONDITION

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LOT 0896