Bronze nude figure with hinged phallus sells at auction for £2,200
The Celtic artefact was found by a detectorist at a rally in Haconby, Lincolnshire.
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Nude figure with a huge hinged phallus found in field to be sold at auction
This male figure with its hinged oversized phallus would have had symbolic powers of good luck and warding off evil spirits
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Nude figure with hinged phallus to be sold at auction
Paul Shepheard, 69, was at a detector rally in Haconby, Lincolnshire in 2022 when he made the find in a stubble field.
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