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With a bust of Herakles, head turned to the left, eyes recessed, wearing lion skin, the jaw pulled up over his head with fangs framing his face, surmounted by a ketos forming loop for attachment ring, palmette on the left, his clenched fist on the right, tang at the back, mounted. Probably used as a shield boss.

h. 15.5 cm

Hellenistic Period, Late 2nd century BC

Bronze

Provenance

Acquired at Auction in Switzerland, June 2000
Cahn International AG, 26th June 2000, lot 230
With Royal-Athena Galleries, January 2001, lot 45
Acquired at Christie's, New York, "Antiquities" sale 5847, 29th April 2010, lot 60

Publications

J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, New York, January 2001, vol. XII, no. 76, lot 45, p. 26
Christie's London, "Antiquities" sale 5847, 29th April 2010, lot 60
J. Boardman, "Greek Art" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 72, fig. 59

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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A Greek Bronze Roundel Depicting the Face of Heracles

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