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Roman Silver Votive Plaque with Hercules Roman Silver Votive Plaque with Hercules Roman Silver Votive Plaque with Hercules
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LOT 0167

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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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 0167

Roman Silver Votive Plaque with Hercules

Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)

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