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A ROMAN BRONZE BUST OF ANTINOUS
Lot 265

A ROMAN BRONZE BUST OF ANTINOUS

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

Closed14 April 2011

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A ROMAN BRONZE BUST OF ANTINOUS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
With finely incised swirls of hair, a fringe across the forehead, two large curly locks framing each side of his face, and two smaller single locks of hair in front of each ear, eyes recessed for inlay (now missing), small mouth, broad neck and strong chest, the hollow bust lead filled, mounted
3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) high

Discovered by a metal detectorist, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, November 2010.
Recorded under the Portable Antiquities Scheme, LIN-B8FA27, 'the Market Rasen Antinous'.

Specialist note

The bust is probably a furniture fitting.
This is only the third depiction of Antinous known to have been discovered in the UK. The first was found in Littlecote, Wiltshire, cf. Walters and Henig, Britannia, 1988, pp. 407-410 and Henig, The Art of Roman Britain, 1995, p. 70-71, ill. 39. The second was unearthed in Capel St Mary, Suffolk (PAS ESS-B3977O).