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LOT 0098
Roman Silver-Gilt Pin with Nude Cupid Holding Bee
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (12.31 grams, 76 mm).
Comprising a tapering shank and square head supporting a nude Cupid in conical hat clutching a winged insect to his chest.
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf.Humer, F., Kremer, G., Pollhammer, E., Pülz, A., AD 313 Von Carnuntum zum Christentum, Bad Voslau, 2014, p.91, item 16, for similar Cupid imagery.
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