★ Rare and Interesting ★

A SMALL ROMAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF VICTORY
Circa 2nd-3rd century AD.
The winged, draped figure is standing on a globe, a palm frond in the left arm and once probably a wreath in the hand of the uplifted right arm. Right arm and one wing missing. A bracket for attachment below the globe. Small statuettes of Victory as the present piece are known to have adorned (military) standards, see for example the votive standard from Kömlöd in Hungary, dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus.
H 63 mm Ex Austrian private collection, acquired in the 1980s-90s.