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LOT 0151
Roman Bronze Phallic Amulet
1ST CENTURY A.D.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (52.5 grams, 40 mm).
Appliqué formed as male genitalia, hollow to the reverse with fixing peg.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 761, for type.
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