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LOT 0107
Roman Gold Applique with Magical Symbols
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 in. (0.98 grams, 19.2 mm).
A repoussé disc with beaded border, esoteric magical symbols to the centre including a winged phallus, a scorpion, a snake, a dog / wolf, a squirrel(?) and a fish/dolphin; a small loop to the reverse.
Provenance
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Private collection, UK.
Literature
Cf. The British Museum, London, museum no.1814,0704.1172; Johns Hopkins Archeological Museum, Baltimore, accession no.485 (formerly FIC.07.225) dated to the 2nd century AD.
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