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LOT 0583
Roman Bronze Phallic Pendant
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (35.4 grams, 67 mm).
Comprising a crescent formed from a phallus and an arm with the hand in the fica gesture, loop above and male genitals below.
Provenance
Property of a London gentleman, 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 760, for type.
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