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ID	168
Images
Grid Ref	TM1355
Project type	Chance
County	Suffolk
Site	Coddenham
Site Name	near Baylham Mill
Site Type	Military?
Location Type	Temple?
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	1
Object Period	0
Material	Bronze
Secondary Material	Silver and niello decoration
Import	Yes
Place of manufacture	Southern Gaul?
Location	British Museum
Ref No	1813,0213.1
M/F	Male
Form	Figurine
Type	Human
Name	Nero?
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Standing
Attributes	Missing
Attribute description	Spear
Clothed	Yes
Clothing description	Imperial military dress (kilt, breastplate)
Drapery	No
Condition	Good, but missing left arm
Classical	1
Quality	High
Photo	Yes
Illustration	No
Height	550.00
Length	0.00
References	Pitts 1979, no 147; Toynbee 1964, 49; British Museum 1964, 54, pl XIV, no 12; Fox 1911, 296, fig opp p, 300 [Link to Bibliography]
Description	its somewhat ornate and florid style would seem to indicate a Gaulish, rather than an Italian, workshop. The figure, which is hollow-cast and 22 inches high, stands with the weight on the right leg, while the left foot is raised and may have rested originally on a globe or helmet. The right hand grasped a now vanished spear or sceptre, and the whole of the left arm is lost. The subject wears imperial dress - decorated boots, a short tunic, and a cuirass which is richly adorned with inlaid silver and niello patterns. The full, plump face, the upstanding hair above the brow, the slightly parted lips, and the upward gaze of the eyes, that were clearly once inlaid with colours, are all suggestive of Nero in the guise of Alexander (Toynbee).