Ca. 1-300 AD. A bronze herm pendant of a quadrangular post narrowing downwards, and at the top ending with a bust of a man with his hair swept back and a large loop protruding from the top of his head. His face bears simplified features and his unworked body is marked only with genitals. A herm is an architectural decorative element with a head and a plain torso with only genitals carved. Such sculptures were placed along roads, on street corners, at gates, in gymnasiums, on property borders, etc.Size: L:117mm / W:25.6mm ; 80.06gProvenance: From the private collection of a South London art professional; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market in the 1980s;