Copper-alloy, 56.81 grams, 80.22 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A cast figurine representing Aphrodite, her left hand raised to dress her long hair at her shoulder; her right hand extended; her face framed by her plaited hair; her weight borne on her right foot and her left leg slightly flexed. Most of the important depictions of Aphrodite are considered to derive from the famous Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles, the renowned Greek sculptor. The figure also has affinities with the equally famed Venus de Milo. The Greeks achieved the zenith in nude sculptural depictions of goddesses; this tradition was taken up in ancient Rome, and at the Renaissance was emulated by such later masters as Cellini. Reference: cf. female statuette in Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003 item R11-0110. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.