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Description: | A Roman copper alloy figurine of Mercury dating AD43-410. The figurine depicts Mercury semi-reclining on a flat base; Mercury is wearing a winged traveller's hat (petasos) and holding a caduceus (herald's staff entwined with two snakes) in his left hand and a purse in his right hand. He also has some draped cloth over his left shoulder and down his left side on the reverse of the figurine. The entire figurine curves round in the horizontal plane. The metal on the base is slightly roughened perhaps suggesting the figurine was originally attached or mounted on something else.Dimensions: length: 52.78mm; width: 37.37mm; thickness: 11.37mm; weight: 54.85g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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