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LOT 0182
Roman Silver Votive Plaque with Hercules
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (30 grams, 99 mm).
Tongue-shaped with central repoussé motif of Hercules standing nude on a plinth supporting his club and with lionskin mantle draped over his bent forearm; rectangular frame surrounding; traces of similar frames to both sides; six holes for attachment.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Martin, M., Römermuseum und Römerhaus Augst,Augst, 1987, item 110, for type.
Footnotes
The panel has clearly been cut from a larger sheet of silver which was stamped with figures low-relief figures: to the left of Hercules is a frame with fronds at the top and the bent arms of a figure wearing a palla.
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LOT 0182
Roman Silver Votive Plaque with Hercules
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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