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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman mars statuette in a riding stance. The face is very worn and featureless and his slightly curly hair is visible only at the front. Above his head is the remains of a crested helmet, which covers the back of his head. He is dressed in a mid-thigh tunic and a cape, which is crossed over the chest and secured with a wide belt at the waist. Both his arms are bent upwards at the below but his hands are missing. His legs are in a riding stance, bent at the knee and his feet are missing. The surviving length is 56.8mm, the surviving width is 38.5mm and the weight is 28.95g.
A similar example was excavated at Brigstock, a Romano-British shrine, and has been dated 3rd to 4th century by coin evidence (H.Wheeler, Antiquaries Journal, 1981, P.310). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 200
400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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