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LOT 0704
Roman Silver Eagle Statuette
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (18.4 grams, 34 mm).
Standing on an integral base with its wings slightly opened, head turned to the right, large incised eyes and hooked beak, incised feather detailing to the body and wings.
Provenance
Acquired in 1993.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, pl.215, for type.
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