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Roman Silver-Gilt Pin with Nude Cupid Holding Bee Roman Silver-Gilt Pin with Nude Cupid Holding Bee Roman Silver-Gilt Pin with Nude Cupid Holding Bee Roman Silver-Gilt Pin with Nude Cupid Holding Bee Roman Silver-Gilt Pin with Nude Cupid Holding Bee Roman Silver-Gilt Pin with Nude Cupid Holding Bee
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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.

Provenance

Acquired 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.

Literature

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.

CONDITION
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LOT 0098

Roman Silver-Gilt Pin with Nude Cupid Holding Bee

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

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