2nd-3rd century A.D. Shown with semi-naturalistic detailing in a crouching posture, eating a nut held in its front paws. Cf. Christies, London, A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, 26th-27th October, 2004, p.184 and p,203, for grams, 27 mm (1 in.). ‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.