Roman billy goat, Ober-Florstadt, 2nd-3rd century AD

Description

Bronze figure of a goat kneeling on its front legs. The goat, the symbol of herd and shepherd, is an attribute of the god Mercury; from this the 2.1 cm high figure may have been part of a Mercury grouping. Place of discovery: Roman fort of Ober-Florstadt, Wetteraukreis, Hessen, Germany. 2. Until 3rd c. AD