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LOT 0085
Roman Gold Votive Plaque
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (2.32 grams, 30 mm).
Rectangular sheet-gold with boss to the centre, repoussé vulva motif.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, items 772, 773, for similar in bronze.
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