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LOT 0656
Roman Zeus Statuette Hand Holding Thunderbolt
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (10 grams, 34 mm).
A bronze right forearm and hand gripping a thunderbolt, from a larger statuette, likely of the god Zeus. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
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