A Small Roman Silver Votive Figure of Jupiter
Circa 1st-2nd century AD.
Jupiter, the supreme god of the Roman pantheon, is depicted nude but for a mantle, with long beard and curly hair. He probably held a thunderbolt or patera in his lowered right hand and a sceptre in his raised left. Back of the figure flat. Hands/left lower arm and feet broken.
H 23 mm Ex European private collection, acquired on the German art market before 2000