Ca. 100-300 AD. A beautiful lead votive mirror, with a circular disk and rectangular handle with scroll-shaped supports. The obverse is covered with several concentric registers of moulded decoration, arranged around a central rondel, where the reflective material would have been placed. Votive mirrors were dedicated to the Roman gods, usually by women, as a way of thanking them for divine assistance or protection. For more information see Kiernan, P. (2009) Miniature Votive Offerings in the North-West Provinces of the Roman Empire, Verlag Franz Philipp Rutzen; Kouzov, C. (2002) Lead Roman mirrors in Varna Archaeological Museum, Archaeologia Bulgarica 6(3), pp. 63-99.Size: L:104.7mm / W:57.4mm ; 47.52gProvenance: Private London collector, acquired on the Austrian Art market; formerly in an old USA collection, formed since the 1970s.