Bronze statuette of the goddess, Athena. Roman, late 1st century AD Said to be from Athens, Greece. Athena was daughter of Zeus and the mortal Metis

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2765 x 7586 px | 23.4 x 64.2 cm | 9.2 x 25.3 inches | 300dpi

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19 October 1904

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Bronze statuette of the goddess, Athena. Roman, late 1st century AD Said to be from Athens, Greece. Athena was daughter of Zeus and the mortal Metis

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