Copper-alloy, 23.16 grams, 27.02 mm. 1st-4th century AD. The head and neck from a Roman statuette. The face is fleshy and rounded with full lips; the hair is modelled dressed in an elaborate coiffure piled onto the top of the head. The neck is bare. The style of design is classical and naturalistic. Reference: Murawski, P.G. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003, p.164. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.