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LOT 0757
Roman Bronze Mouse Holding a Nut
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (35.4 grams, 42 mm).
Modelled in the round with recurved tail forming a suspension loop; its front paws raised to its mouth, holding food. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, 1997.
LiteratureSee Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, nos. 1155 and 617; see also Mills, N., Celtic & Roman Artefacts, no. RB144 (M77), for a similar example.
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