A group of miscellaneous bronze items including a seated male figure with elongated body and extended phallus, four others of stylized form -- 2½in. (6.4cm.) high max., a Phrygian fibula, catch-plate in the form of a stylized hand, pin intact -- 1 1/8in. (2.8cm.) long, all early 1st millennium B.C., an Egyptian figure of seated Harpocrates, Late Period (712-332 B.C.), a Graeco-Roman rein-ring, three flat rings extending from the head of a bull -- 3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) across, circa 1st Century B.C., a Roman terminal modelled as the forepart of a panther -- 1 1/8in. (3cm.) long, two others in the form of stylized animal heads -- 1½in. (3.7cm.) long max., a model of a cockerel -- 1½in. (3.8cm.) high, a small pair of tweezers -- 1½in. (3.7cm.) long, all circa 1st Century A.D., and two Byzantine pendant crosses, one with traces of the figure of Christ in relief, and radiating discs at each corner -- 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high max. (24)

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A group of miscellaneous bronze items including a seated male figure with elongated body and extended phallus, four others of stylized form -- 2½in. (6.4cm.) high max., a Phrygian fibula, catch-plate in the form of a stylized hand, pin intact -- 1 1/8in. (2.8cm.) long, all early 1st millennium B.C., an Egyptian figure of seated Harpocrates, Late Period (712-332 B.C.), a Graeco-Roman rein-ring, three flat rings extending from the head of a bull -- 3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) across, circa 1st Century B.C., a Roman terminal modelled as the forepart of a panther -- 1 1/8in. (3cm.) long, two others in the form of stylized animal heads -- 1½in. (3.7cm.) long max., a model of a cockerel -- 1½in. (3.8cm.) high, a small pair of tweezers -- 1½in. (3.7cm.) long, all circa 1st Century A.D., and two Byzantine pendant crosses, one with traces of the figure of Christ in relief, and radiating discs at each corner -- 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high max. (24)

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