Roman Razor Handle with Minerva

1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (24.6 grams, 47 mm).

Finial from a handle formed as a bust of Minerva wearing a crested helmet and a palla with crossed straps; attachment tab below.

Provenance

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Oxfordshire, UK.
Private collection, Kent, UK.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.OXON-E24016.

Literature

See Eckardt, H., Objects and Identities in Roman Britain & the North-Western Provinces, Oxford, 2014.

CONDITION

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LOT 0781