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LOT 0701
Roman Bronze Statuette Group
2ND CENTURY B.C-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 3/4 in. (42 grams total, 30-47 mm).
Comprising: small figure pierced at the middle wit pellet detailing to face and body, legs spread; figure in active pose with slanting stripes across the body, possibly intended for Hercules; probably votives for deposition at a temple. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
See Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, for discussion.
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