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StoneGloves wrote:
On another thread I rambled on about buying metal detectors' finds and, amongst them, is a Roman child's toy, a hollow cast pig, two two and a half inches long. (I'm going to list it on eBay at the weekend). That too captures a pig perfectly - in a way that doesn't seem possible nowadays.
You tease! If that's not counterfeit it's a real big deal. How about a photo?

Is it "pig iron"?

It's squashed at the back. Thanks for flagging it. It does deserve to be in a museum. That is its aura - 'fell out of a museum case'. I'll photograph it Thursday or Friday. The British Museum can bid for stuff on eBay, if they want. Trouble is, I feel like I'm cheating Rob, at our museum, out of it. He loves Roman stuff. I've just bought a collection of metal detecting finds from the Rhondda - about two hundred bits - I doubt any of them will be Roman! Fifteen quid. "All my finds from the last five years - need the money for a new roof". Found billon coin of Constantine in the last lot from Hampshire. Broken and worthless but fascinating to research.