Roman Gold Funerary Mouthpiece

1st-3rd century AD. A Romano-Thracian gold funerary mouthpiece, of elliptical form with attachment holes at either end, decorated with punched lines and fish-scale motifs. See Dieudonné-Glad, N., Feugère, M., Önal, M., Zeugma V. Les objets (Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, 64), Lyon 2013D; Zhuravlev, D., Gold mouth-pieces from the necropolis of Tauric Chersonesos (collection of the State Historical Museum) =??????? ??????? ???????? ?? ????????? ????????? ????????????’, ???????? ???????????????? ????????????? ?????, 2017, pp.231-241, n.13. 7.51 grams, 10cm (4"). Property of a gentleman from Vienna; from his private collection formed since 1970. These appliqués were intended to cover the mouth of the deceased and were mainly of oval or diamond shape; usually the ends were perforated for fixing laces, and the surface could be decorated with embossing or punching dots or other ornaments. Golden mouth-pieces were widely used by Macedonians and Thracians and still employed during the Roman period. Similar pieces from that age are attested in the graves of the necropolis of the Tauric Chersonesus, as well as from Roman Mesopotamia and Osroene (Zeugma"). [No Reserve] For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price
Condition Report: Fine condition.