1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze figure of Hercules standing nude, bearded and with hair drawn back, with a cup(?) in his right hand, club cradled in the crook of the left arm, lionskin mantle over the right forearm with head and forelegs carefully modelled. Cf. Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 105. 103 grams, 78mm (3"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Very fine condition.