Ancient Jewellery and Antiquities
A Roman bronze mount of a bust of Minerva, 2nd century AD., the head worked in the round, facing front with hair swept back covering the ears and wearing a bifid-crested plumed helmet, wearing on the body a cuirass with a v-shaped opening and an Aegis in the centre, height 7.5cm, width 4.1cm. £460-£500---From a UK collection. Minerva was the goddess of wisdom and war and was the daughter of Jupiter.------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Condition Report: With all the details clear and an olive green patina.
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A Roman bronze mount of a bust of Minerva, 2nd century AD., the head worked in the round, facing front with hair swept back covering the ears and wearing a bifid-crested plumed helmet, wearing on the body a cuirass with a v-shaped opening and an Aegis in the centre, height 7.5cm, width 4.1cm. £460-£500---From a UK collection. Minerva was the goddess of wisdom and war and was the daughter of Jupiter.------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Condition Report: With all the details clear and an olive green patina.
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