File:Roman figurine, Genius? (FindID 960386).jpg

English: A complete cast copper alloy Roman figurine of a young Genius, half-robed and holding a patera in the right hand and cornucopia in the left. The statue survives in excellent condition with only slight wear. Depicting a standing Genius, one foot is flat while the other's heal is raised, possibly indicating a walking stance. The right arm is bent at the elbow and held beyond the body, within the palm is a patera, held in place by the thumb above the dish. The cornucopia lays against the length of the left arm up to the shoulder. The Genius wears a robe wrapped diagonally from above the waist to below the knees and draped over the left arm; the fold of the robe is prominent on the reverse of the figurine. The upper abdominal muscles, pectoral muscles and nipples are well defined. The face is clean-shaven with all features defined well in profile but, when viewed from the front, the features appear heavily indented and frowning. The Genius wears his hair curled up in waves above and around his brow narrowing to straight hair at the back of the neck. The back of the head has lines radiating from a central crown.

Rev. Prof. Martin Henig (University of Oxford) kindly comments; 'This figure who holds a cornucopia and a patera is a youthful Genius...This is the type of a youth wearing a himation, his upper torso bare, holding a patera and a corncucopia, probably based on a Greek prototype... What is striking about your figurine, is its clear Romano-British workmanship with the stylised patterning of garment and body. To some extent one might compare the style to the figurines surveyed by Emma Durham, 'Style and substance: some metal figurines from south-west Britain', Britannia 45 (2014),pp.195-221 but in detail yours looks different, so perhaps part of a south-eastern grouping...I suspect that this is quite early, no later than 2nd century.'