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LOT 0174
Roman Silver Mouse Statuette Holding a Nut
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (67 grams total, mouse: 38 mm long).
Modelled in the round with its tail curled on its back, a large disc held in the extended forepaws; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceEx Cambridge, UK, collection, 1990-2010.
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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LOT 0174
Roman Silver Mouse Statuette Holding a Nut
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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