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Figure of Mercury

parcel-gilt silver

1st century AD (AD 1 - 100)

8 cm with stand height

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Place of Creation: The Roman World

WA2013.1.1

Silver, parcel-gilt, standing figure, apparently with horns, short tunic; he holds a bag or purse in his right hand.

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Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.