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ROMAN BRONZE HERM PENDANT

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Ancient Roman Bronze Pendant: Date: Circa 1st – 3rd c. AD Material: bronze Provenance/Additional Information: Obtained from an old Austrian collection, purchased from a private collector in Vienna. Dimensions: 22mm; 1.3grams Anc

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Ancient Roman Bronze Herm,c.1st-4th Century AD,: Ancient Roman Bronze Herm,c.1st-4th Century AD, Size 13x45mm, Inventory #A30293. Provenance: Ex the time machine.

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Ca. 1-300 AD. A bronze herm pendant of a quadrangular post narrowing downwards, and at the top ending with a bust of a man with his hair swept back and a large loop protruding from the top of his head. His face bears simplified features and his unworked body is marked only with genitals. A herm is an architectural decorative element with a head and a plain torso with only genitals carved. Such sculptures were placed along roads, on street corners, at gates, in gymnasiums, on property borders, etc.Size: L:117mm / W:25.6mm ; 80.06gProvenance: From the private collection of a South London art professional; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market in the 1980s;