Oxfordshire farmer discovers Roman Minerva statue in margarine tub
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- An Oxfordshire farmer kept a small bronze figure in a margarine tub for over a decade.
- The item was initially dismissed as a modern fake.
- The Portable Antiquities Scheme later identified it as a nearly 2,000-year-old statue of the Roman goddess Minerva, dating from around AD 43 to 200.
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An Oxfordshire farmer kept a small bronze figure in a margarine tub for more than 10 years; it proved to be a Roman Minerva statue dating to around AD 43–200
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First to report: Economic Times (); 1 article from 1 outlet so far.
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- Center (1): Economic Times