Small statuette of the goddess Cybele seated on a throne. She is wearing a high crown representing the city's fortifications. She wears a chiton covered with a himation. Fabrics drape over her feet. She holds a tympanum (tambourine) and a patera. A lion sits on her lap. Solid silver. Phrygia, Roman period, 3rd century. Height: 5.5 cm; weight: 83 g Provenance : Me Rheims sale, June 11 and 12, 1959, lot 148. Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.