LOT 0111 Roman Gold Stylus with Bust of Serapis
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1st-2nd century AD. An elaborate gold stylus or pin with Serapis, the god of fertility; the upper end of the tapering pin twisted and the groove inlaid with a thin gold wire, applied granules below the columnar top; Serapis presented in relaxed attitude with fine facial detailing, his voluminous hair and beard dressed in neat curls, a modius crown to his head, muscular naked torso with a piece of clothing draped across his left shoulder. See Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 280-281, for pin type. 12.62 grams, 12.2cm (4 3/4"). From an East London collection; previously in a collection formed between 1990-2000. [A video of this lot is available on TimeLine Auctions website]
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