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LOT 0636
Roman Silver Mouse Nibbling a Nut
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.45 grams, 22 mm).
Modelled in the round, with disc (nut or biscuit?) held in the forepaws. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, item 293, for type.
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