Lot Essay
PUBLISHED: Métamorphoses, pp. 133 and 362.
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EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A HELLENISTIC SILVER AND BRONZE CROWN
EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
The bronze semicircular crown with openwork arcading, mounted with a silver repoussé frieze decorated with seven acanthus palmettes, each separated by sets of three bosses surrounded by decorative circles, with twelve silver bosses above, probably from a statue, small repair
2.15/16 in. (7.5 cm.) high; 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) across
EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
The bronze semicircular crown with openwork arcading, mounted with a silver repoussé frieze decorated with seven acanthus palmettes, each separated by sets of three bosses surrounded by decorative circles, with twelve silver bosses above, probably from a statue, small repair
2.15/16 in. (7.5 cm.) high; 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) across
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