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Two thousand year old Mercury figurine found in Yorkshire

Thursday, June 4, 2015 18:58
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‘The Elevation of the Great Elector into Olympus’. Ceiling painting (detail: Mercury), City Palace, Potsdam

A metal detector enthusiast has discovered a 2000-year old figurine depicting the Roman god Mercury in a field near Selby, Yorkshire, UK.

 

It is the 1,000th officially recorded archaeological find of the year so far in Yorkshire. The artifact was registered by Dave Cooper of the York and District Metal Detecting Club on May 15th, ironically the date of the Roman festival that once honored the god himself.

Rebecca Griffiths, the Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme at the York Museums Trust told Culture24 said that the registration of the artifact on the day of the ancient Mercuralia was “pure coincidence – but a very happy one.”

Rebecca Griffiths of York Museums Trust with the copper alloy figurine of Mercury.

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