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LOT 0096
Roman Silver-Gilt Statuette of Fortuna
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (18.48 grams, 39 mm).
Modelled in the round and finely detailed, the goddess standing with a cornucopia in the crook of her left arm, wearing a floor-length palla.
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. Boucher, S., Tassinari, S., Bronze Antiques du Musée de la civilisation Gallo-Romaine a Lyon, 1. Inscriptions, Statuaire, Vaisselle, Lyon, 1976, nos.20-21, 38 (Fortuna and Isis-Fortuna).
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