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Description: | Cast copper alloy figurine length 75mm, width 42mm, thickness 12mm. The figurine probably represents Apollo and depicts a naked man standing, he??s pectoral and abdominal muscles are clearly defined. His arms are hanging down but the hands have been truncated, these are old breaks with corrosion on the surface. The genitals and calves are again well defined and as with the arms he legs end in stumps where the feet have been truncated, corrosion is present in the break. The face does not appear to be bearded, although the front of the chin is heavily corroded. Even though the eyes are encrusted in mud the detail on the face is very fine. The hear is rather long but is tied back so that bunches run down either side of the hear line, these bunches meet in the centre of the base of the head to form a bun. This hear style is seen on the coins depicting females such as Faustina Junior, together with some of the female figures of the late republic and early empire.
Although the figurine is missing any distinguishing features or trappings of any particular god, the most likely candidate is Apollo. | Subjects: | Apollo | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adams, Kurt - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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