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LOT 671

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,438

ROMAN - SILVER FIGURINE - LIONESS
(36 grams, 42 mm.).

Circa 1st century AD. Solid cast lioness with caricature snarling features, standing on a flat integral base, facing head one quarter to right, and raising front left paw as if in combat.

PROVENANCE:
Purchased from an London auction house in the 1960's.

CONDITION