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CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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FOUR ROMAN BRONZE OBJECTS
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Including a left foot fragment; a deer leg; a vessel handle with lion head, all 1st-2nd Century A.D.; and a Aes Grave As, with bearded head of Janus, 'I' horizontally below on one side, and a the prow of a galley, 'I' vertically above on the other, circa 240 B.C.
10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) long max.
As: 2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) diameter
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Including a left foot fragment; a deer leg; a vessel handle with lion head, all 1st-2nd Century A.D.; and a Aes Grave As, with bearded head of Janus, 'I' horizontally below on one side, and a the prow of a galley, 'I' vertically above on the other, circa 240 B.C.
10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) long max.
As: 2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Foot: Antiquités, P.-E. Becker, Cannes, acquired by Axel Vervoordt, N.V. ‘S-Gravenwezel, Belgium, in 1996.
Deer leg: Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1996, lot 304.
Vessel handle: Acquired from Axel Vervoordt, N.V. Gravenwezel, Belgium, 1999.
Deer leg: Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1996, lot 304.
Vessel handle: Acquired from Axel Vervoordt, N.V. Gravenwezel, Belgium, 1999.
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