Mainly 1st-2nd century AD. A group of nine silver and other figurines mounted on a beam, including Jupiter standing in floor-length toga; three lares figures each standing holding a patera; a perching eagle; a nude female dancing Aphrodite with one arm raised; a Mars in armour; Demetra-Ceres with cornucopia. See Hottenroth, F.W., Trachten - Ha, Feld und Kriegsgerathschäften der Völker Alter und Neuer Zeit, II Banden, Stuttgart, 1884. 424 grams total, statuettes: 23-39mm (1 - 1 1/2"). From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; from her collection formed early 1960s-1990s. Female figures depicted bearing a cornucopia or basket of fruit and cereals are found in many Roman border provinces where they were worped as matres or matronae 'mother-figures' who provided their worpers with a link to the homeland. They were conceived as divine beings who could be called upon for assistance in adversity. Their cults were often most popular with the military. [9]