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Ca. AD 100 - 300.
A Roman silver eagle pendant. It is modelled in a stylised manner, standing with wings folded against the body, feather details followed by protruding long eyes. There are few symbols as representative as the eagle for the Roman Empire. This symbol possibly originated from the association with the God Jupiter for at least six centuries at the turn of the year zero and represented terror, civilisation and applied technology in practically all the known world. There was a particular moment during the 2nd century A.D. under the emperor Marcus Aurelius, where wherever you went you were always under the protection and persecution of the eagles of Rome. The Urbe imposed a modern, all-encompassing civilisation from which it was not even easy to escape from as vast was the area of influence.
Size: 16mm x 15mm; Weight: 3g
Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s.
A Roman silver eagle pendant. It is modelled in a stylised manner, standing with wings folded against the body, feather details followed by protruding long eyes. There are few symbols as representative as the eagle for the Roman Empire. This symbol possibly originated from the association with the God Jupiter for at least six centuries at the turn of the year zero and represented terror, civilisation and applied technology in practically all the known world. There was a particular moment during the 2nd century A.D. under the emperor Marcus Aurelius, where wherever you went you were always under the protection and persecution of the eagles of Rome. The Urbe imposed a modern, all-encompassing civilisation from which it was not even easy to escape from as vast was the area of influence.
Size: 16mm x 15mm; Weight: 3g
Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s.
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ROMAN SILVER EAGLE PENDANT
Estimate £400 - £600
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