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LOT 0807
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.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Martin, M., Römermuseum und Römerhaus Augst, Augst, 1987, item 110, for type.
FootnotesThe panel has clearly been cut from a larger sheet of silver which was stamped with 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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