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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN INSCRIBED GOLD AND BERYL PHALLIC PENDANT NECKLACE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Composed of a central rigid repoussé sheet gold pendant amulet in the form of male genitalia with two rows of curled pubic hair, a row of gold granules above surmounted by a ribbed tubular suspension hoop, flanked by twelve rigid sheet gold phallic pendants each decorated with bands of granulation and twisted gold wire with a small granulated rosette, each with a tear-shaped terminal bordered by gold wire and bearing a repoussé Greek letter, a ribbed suspension loop above, with fourteen beryl spacer beads interspersed with diminutive pearls and two ribbed tubular gold beads, restrung
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long overall; genitalia amulet 1 in. (2.5 cm.) long
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Composed of a central rigid repoussé sheet gold pendant amulet in the form of male genitalia with two rows of curled pubic hair, a row of gold granules above surmounted by a ribbed tubular suspension hoop, flanked by twelve rigid sheet gold phallic pendants each decorated with bands of granulation and twisted gold wire with a small granulated rosette, each with a tear-shaped terminal bordered by gold wire and bearing a repoussé Greek letter, a ribbed suspension loop above, with fourteen beryl spacer beads interspersed with diminutive pearls and two ribbed tubular gold beads, restrung
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long overall; genitalia amulet 1 in. (2.5 cm.) long