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LOT 0108
Roman Silver Statuette of Aesculapius God of Medicine and Healing
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (75 grams total, 55 mm including stand).
Standing wearing a loosely draped himation, with caduceus resting on the right hip; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Ancient Art, North London, UK.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, under accession no.1995,0702.1.
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LOT 0108
Roman Silver Statuette of Aesculapius God of Medicine and Healing
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