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Hispania, Roman Bronze Swollen Foot Votive, c. 150 B.C. - 300 A.D.
|Roman| |Antiquities|, |Hispania,| |Roman| |Bronze| |Swollen| |Foot| |Votive,| |c.| |150| |B.C.| |-| |300| |A.D.|, Bronze and terracotta votive feet were deposited by the afflicted in sacred springs, running waters, and shrines thought to help bring healing to injury or illnesses related to the feet. Tyriasia is an obsolete medical term for Elephantiasis (swelling), often caused by round worms. This piece was reputedly found in a stream bed in southern Spain.
AS74032. Bronze Swollen Foot Votive, 32.871 g, 36.0 mm long, VF, obverse right foot, perhaps swollen; reverse TYRIASIA CARTIA (or similar), SOLD










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