A ROMAN REPOUSSÉ GOLD BUST OF A MAN WITH WINGED HEAD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D. A ROMAN REPOUSSÉ GOLD BUST OF A MAN WITH WINGED HEAD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D. A ROMAN REPOUSSÉ GOLD BUST OF A MAN WITH WINGED HEAD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D. A ROMAN REPOUSSÉ GOLD BUST OF A MAN WITH WINGED HEAD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

A ROMAN REPOUSSÉ GOLD BUST OF A MAN WITH WINGED HEAD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

Reference: ART600493

The bust has been fashioned from gold sheet which has been probably made with a two sided mould and soldered at the seams. With two loops on the right shoulder and one on the left. This suggests that the bust was a central element of a bracelet.
5 cm. height, 4.2 cm. length, 1.8 cm. depth.
24.75 grams.

CONDITION
Fair condition.

PROVENANCE
Previously in a British private collection, formerly in London antique market before 1980s.

CATALOGUE NOTE
This bust of a bearded man with wings on his head is almost certainly the Celtic/Gaulish god Lug or Lugus. Here he is shown in a totally Romanised manner, reminding us that many gods were assimilated into the belief systems of the Romans.