Lot Essay
Item one: cf. Égypte Romaine, l'autre Égypte, Musées de Marseille, 1997, pp. 242, no. 270 for similar.
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
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THREE GRAECO-EGYPTIAN BRONZE MAGICAL PENDANT AMULETS
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
All circular, one engraved with a cock-headed anguipede wearing a tunic, carrying whip and shield, stars in the field, reverse with three-bodied Hecate brandishing weapons from her six arms, stars above, pierced for suspension, 13/8 in. (3.5 cm.) diam.; another bronze pendant showing Chnoubis with animal-headed divinities, the reverse with four line Greek inscription, pierced, 15/8 in. (4.1 cm.) diam.; and another inscribed bronze disc, 13/8 in. (3.5 cm.) diam. (3)
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
All circular, one engraved with a cock-headed anguipede wearing a tunic, carrying whip and shield, stars in the field, reverse with three-bodied Hecate brandishing weapons from her six arms, stars above, pierced for suspension, 13/8 in. (3.5 cm.) diam.; another bronze pendant showing Chnoubis with animal-headed divinities, the reverse with four line Greek inscription, pierced, 15/8 in. (4.1 cm.) diam.; and another inscribed bronze disc, 13/8 in. (3.5 cm.) diam. (3)
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