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LOT 0138
Roman Bronze Statue Plinth with Inscription for Publius Licinius Valerianus
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (1.04 kg, 12.8 cm).
Hollow rectangular plinth with everted basal rim; hastily incised, five-line Greek inscription on one side: 'Αυτοκρατορα Και/σαρα Π Λικ/Ουαλεριανον ευσεβ/ευτυχη Σεβ 50-Ν-50 (?)/ρανιωτων η κωμ(ι)τ' (translated as 'To the Autokrator and Emperor P(ublius) Licinius Valerianus, pious and good-fortuned Augustus [? ...]'.
Provenancewith Hirsch Auction 246, 19-20 September 2006, no.838.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13547-263147.
Cf. a corresponding inscription for Valerian in Latin in CIL 11.826; cf. also an inscription on a statue base of the Emperor Valerian the young (256-258 A.D.) in Sharankov, N., ‘Five Official Inscriptions from Heraclea Sintica Including a Record of the complete cursus honorum of D.Terentius Gentianus’ in Archaeologia Bulgarica, XXV,3 (2021), 1-43, fig.20.
FootnotesProbably the base of a statuette of the Roman Emperor Publius Licinius Valerianus (r. 253–260 A.D.) presumably used by devotees of the imperial cult. Marks made by the standing statuette are still visible on top of the plinth. The number and last line incomprehensible.
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LOT 0138
Roman Bronze Statue Plinth with Inscription for Publius Licinius Valerianus
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,175 (EUR 1,363; USD 1,586) ‡+BP*
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