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.

CONDITION

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