A Roman Bronze Coffer Handle
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A Roman Bronze Coffer Handle
Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.
In excavated condition, the boss-shaped mount embossed and chased as a lion-mask, the mouth pierced for the ribbed lifting ring, retaining the remains of four iron rivets, and with verdigris overall
15.7 cm. high
Estimate:
£300 - 400
US$ 460 - 610
€360 - 470

Footnotes

  • Literature:
    Hoffmeyer, p. 23, fig. 4

    For a very similar example see Bonhams Oxford, Pictures, Furniture, Antiquities, Tribal, European & Asian Works of Art, 16 November 2011, lot 391

Category: Arms and Armour

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