File:Young Hercules BM PRB 1895.4-8.1.jpg

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Object type figurine
object_type QS:P31,Q16738862
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English: Young Hercules wearing a lion skin, probably holding a club (now lost), perhaps a portrait of Emperor Commodus (reigned AD 180-92).
Date 2nd century AD
date QS:P571,+150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium gilded copper alloy
Dimensions width: 20 cm (7.8 in); diameter: 55.5 cm (21.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2049,20U174728
dimensions QS:P2386,55.5U174728
Weight: 123 g (4.34 oz)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Department of Prehistory and Europe: room 49
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PRB 1895.4-8.1
Object history Place of discovery: Hadrian's Wall near Birdoswald, Cumbria (?).
Credit line 1895: given by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
References British Museum: online database: entry 1363146
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