ROMAN BRONZE APPLIQUÉ WITH GORGONEION. Ca. AD 1 - 300 A bronze appliqué cast as a frontal Gorgoneion, the oval face with arched brows, large almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose and full lips, all framed by tightly radiating locks. Above the head runs a transverse ribbed tube, flanked by scrolling, leaf-like projections. The lower edge tapers into a small palmette with a pair of opposed leaf-shaped projections, and the reverse is hollow. Size: 60mm x 45mm; Weight: 55g. Provenance: From a British collection formed in the 1990s; previously acquired in Germany. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 1314, Antiquities, Lot 208.