| ID | 1196 |
|---|---|
| Images |
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| Grid Ref | ST3293 |
| Project type | Metal detector |
| County | Newport |
| Site | Ponthir |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Copper alloy |
| Location | Newport Museum and Art Gallery |
| Ref No | NPTMG: 2011.26 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Mars |
| Bearded | Yes |
| Headgear | Helmet |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Head only, very worn |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 49.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Shirenewton (720) |
| Description | Very worn head with simple features. Straight slit mouth, eyes with raised circular pupils, nose worn away. Curly hair and beard. (He wears a Corinthian helmet on the back of his head. Details of the face mask on the peak are faintly visible. The helmet crest has broken off. A vertical ridge approximately 11mm long on the back of the head may be the termination of an elaborate crest or the remnants of the casting process. Oliver Blackmore, Newport) |
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