Ca. 100-300 AD A bronze statuette of the Roman goddess Diana standing contrapposto. She is wearing her usual attire - carefully arranged short chiton and a quiver over her left shoulder. She carries a bow in her left hand and holds a staff in her right.Diana was a major deity in the Roman pantheon, the patron goddess of the countryside, hunters, crossroads, and the Moon. Diana was also a virgin goddess and the protector of childbirth. Size: L:121mm / W:43mm ; 145g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old Oxford collection formed in the 1990s.