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LOT 0612
Roman Bronze Phallic Pendant
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (6.75 grams, 32 mm).
With vertical shank and two flanking bulbs, pierced for suspension. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Telesphorus, dressed in the Gallo-Roman manner with the long hooded military cloak (folded on his back), was the subject of many votive statuettes in Roman Gaul. Son of Aesculapius, god of medicine, he certainly had a connection with the world of healing and medical care, and was associated with his sister Hygeia. He belonged to the Celtic pantheon and was spread to the East by the Galatians of Asia Minor. His cult then spread to the West, particularly in the Hadrianic period, as attested by his images found on the Wall at Birdoswald. -
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