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LOT 0164
Roman Gold Hercules Club Amulet
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (1.1 grams, 28 mm).
Hexagonal in section, tapering with integral loop, applied granule studs, domed finial with a knop.
Provenance
Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, accession number 1981,0201.29, in Johns, C.M., Potter, T., The Thetford Treasure. Roman Jewellery and Silver, London, 1983, no.29.
Footnotes
A similar object formed part of the remarkable hoard of late Roman gold jewellery and silver tableware found near Thetford, Norfolk, in 1979.
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