A Gilt Bronze Figure of the Goddess Nike, Roman Imperial, circa 2nd Century A.D.

Gracefully alighting and formerly holding a victor's wreath in her extended right hand and another object in her left hand, and wearing a windblown and diaphanous chiton with rosette clasps on the shoulder, her wavy hair parted in the center, bound in a diadem, and tied in a chignon at the back.

Bomford Collection, 1960s
Robin Symes, London, 1987

The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, October 10th - 30th, 1966

Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities, Exhibition of Ancient Persian Bronzes presented to the Department of Antiquities by James Bomford, Esquire, and other selected items of Ancient Art from the collection of Mrs. Brenda Bomford, London, 1966, no. 380, pl. XXXIX

Wreath missing except for part held in hand, left foot missing, wings broken off, drapery chipped and dented on and behind proper left thigh, small hole in back of head appears to be a casting flaw, three other small holes in back of figure and two other sat bottom of drapery on proper left side.
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For a related example from Aventicum in Switzerland see A. Leibundgut, Die römischen Bronzen der Schweiz, vol. III, Mainz am Rhein, 1980, no. 210, pls. 189-191.