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LOT 0153
Roman Bronze Phallic Seal Box
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (9.97 grams, 38 mm).
Piriform two-part container with three holes to the underside, hinge to the broad end, obverse with ropework border and stylised phallus in high-relief.
Provenance
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, items 617-624, for type.
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