🔎 UNIDENTIFIED A Roman Goddess statue?

[Urien of Rheged]

This was found by my friend not long ago on a permission we are fortunate to share that was the site of a Roman settlement from the 1st century here in Lancashire England.
The moment he showed it me my jaw dropped and I just drooled out "Roman". To which he concurred.
This is an area we have both found Roman coins and relics. And so as you can imagine he was absolutely thrilled with this.
My friend contacted the Lancashire Finds liason officer, went and met him to hand the relic over for analysis, recording etc.
"So what's he reckon" was my first question.
"He says he's not sure it's Roman" answers my friend.
Well if that's not Roman then I'm at a loss as to what it is.
What do you reckon folks?

 

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[Red-Coat]

That's a cool find. It looks to me to be not a goddess, but a small votive of the god Mercury rendered in crude provincial Roman style (as in the second picture below):

 

[Mackaydon]

I agree; similar to a 2nd C. Hermes bronze.
Don in SoCal

 

[Red-Coat]

I agree; similar to a 2nd C. Hermes bronze.
Don in SoCal

Hermes was the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Mercury. If found in Britain it will likely be the latter.

 

[Urien of Rheged]

I've been out hunting with my pal this morning and he was telling me that the FLO contacted him about it. They haven't had time to really look into it yet but he's apprently most interested in the silver wash on it. Other bronze and alloyed relics from the area have been found with a similar silver wash and the hypothesis is that someone in the area may have been counterfeiting goods, passing them off as actual silver.
I'll keep you informed if and when I hear of any developments, so I'll leave this as unidentified for now. Thanks for the interest and input