A Roman Silver Sheet Appliqué of a bust of a Syncretistic Deity

A conflated goddess with references associated with Demeter, Cybele, Aphrodite, Isis, Athena and Tyche-Fortuna.

2nd Century AD

Height: 9.5 cm. (3 3/4 in.)

Width: 8.5 cm. (3 3/8 in.)

#4137

ex: private German collection of an esteemed Classical scholar (1960s - 1994); thence by descent.

Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures III. (New York, 2005) p.33; BAAF; BAAF Brussels Ancient Art Fair 4-8 June, 2014 Journal (Brussels, 2014) p.33

Comparandum:Grenier, J-C; La Decoration Statuaire du Serapeum du Canope de la Villa Adriana (1990) pp.34, 38-40