1st century BC-2nd century AD. A copper-alloy votive figure modelled as a cockerel, free-standing when resting on the legs and tail, with detailing to the folded wings, cob, wattles, tail and legs expressed as incised lines. Cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id. NMS-A07183, for this item, where it is dated 43-409 AD. 51.3 grams, 51.8mm long (2"). Found Norfolk, UK, 2013. Private collection of Mr M.H., Norfolk, UK. Apanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report number NMS-A07183, including drawings. The cockerel was an attribute of the god Mercury, whom the bird would have apanied as the herald of dawn. [No Reserve]