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English: A depiction of a togate male statue discovered in 1714 in the Southbroom Hoard near Devizes, Wiltshire, from the figures decorating the margins of Moll's map of "Dorset Shire" (Dorset), the fifth in his Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales... The figure was placed on the map of a different county for want of room. Moll copied the figure's appearance and identification from Musgrave's 1719 account of the hoard.

This cast bronze statue is now held by the British Museum (1811,0309.8). Musgrave identified it as Figure 6 (M6) while Durham categorized it as #334. Musgrave inexplicably identified the figure as Bacchus, which was repeated by Moll despite the figure clearly being Mercury, Hermes, or a Gallo-Roman equivalent via Interpretatio Graeca or Romana. Figures of Mercury make up the most common surviving divine statuary from the era and the winged petasus and coin purse are typical attributes, although its location above his hand is unusual. Mercury holds a patera, the shallow bowl used for ritual drinking in antiquity, instead of a caduceus but this is shared by some other figures of Mercury recovered from Roman Britain.

Notes: These Houshold Gods in number 19 with a Medal of Alexander Severus were found at the Devizes An. 1714 and are supposed to have been bury'd there in 234. the Rest for want of Room are placed in Dorset and Hampshires yat are barren of Antiquities; we being unwilling to omit such great Curiosities.

London: Sold by H. Moll over-against Devereux-Court in the Strand; Tho. Bowles, Print and Map-Seller near the Chapter-House in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Bowles Print and Map-Seller over-against Stocks-Market. 1724.