70 ROMAN BRONZE APPLIQUE: DEEP BUST OF HERMES (MERCURY), god of travellers and commerce, his eyes inlaid with silver; from a cart or leticia. 2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) Ex collection of B.H.S., a retired military officer, St. Petersburg, Florida, formed in the 1950s-early 1970s. 71 ROMAN BRONZE BALSAMARIUM: BUST OF THE YOUNG DIONYSOS (BACCHUS), god of wine, his long hair bound with a fillet and vines; bottom and handle lacking. 2nd Century AD. H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.) Ex French collection. 72 ROMAN BRONZE BALSAMARIUM OF ANTINOUS, COMPANION OF HADRIAN with silver inlaid eyes. After he drowned in the Nile in AD 130 he was deified and is depicted here wearing a garment over his left shoulder; bottom and handle lacking. Ca. AD 130. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) Ex German collection; M.K. collection, Springfield, Massachusettes. Cf. Parallel examples in the Munich Antiken Muzeum, inv. no. SL30, and in the North Brabant Museum in Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
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