[Link to Bibliography]
| ID | 169 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TQ3281 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Greater London |
| Site | London |
| Site Name | Queen Street, Cheapside |
| Site Type | Large town |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Date | C2? |
| Object Period | 2 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Secondary Material | Silvered eyes |
| Other finds from site | Coins of Carausius and Allectus nearby |
| Import | Yes |
| Place of manufacture | Italy or Gaul? |
| Location | British Museum |
| Ref No | 1882,0518.1 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Hercules |
| Aliases | Archer |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Missing |
| Attribute description | Bow and arrow |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | High |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 275.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Comstock and Vermeule 1971, no 21 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 148, pl 24; Toynbee 1964, 118; British Museum 1964, 54, Haverfield 1911, 165; Lamb 1929, 229; Chaffers 1844, 543-4, pl XXII; Smith 1859, 71-2, pl XX [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | perhaps the finest and most classical bronze genre piece featuring a human being so far yielded by Roman Britain (Toynbee). |
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