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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2895. Estimate $1500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006. 
Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Bronze objects] ROMAN. Bronze bucranium. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. Height to tip of horns 12.5cm. Cast and chased figure of a bull’s skull, with dedicatory wreath would around the curved horns. Deep-set eye sockets probably once inlaid. There were two points of attachment on the back, at the base of the horns. Difficult to determine what this was originally a part of; it may have been something as simple as a doorknocker. Choice condition, olive green patina with patches of red-brown and lighter green color.