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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN GOLD AMULET
circa 1st century a.d.
Fabricated of sheet in the form of mano fica, the fisted hand with the thumb thrust between the index and middle fingers, a cluster of granules at the tip of the thumb, depicted wearing a coiled bracelet, with incised and stippled ornament on the back of the hand, a grooved collar as the terminal, the suspension loop with a granule at each end and at the top
in. (3.1 cm.) long
circa 1st century a.d.
Fabricated of sheet in the form of mano fica, the fisted hand with the thumb thrust between the index and middle fingers, a cluster of granules at the tip of the thumb, depicted wearing a coiled bracelet, with incised and stippled ornament on the back of the hand, a grooved collar as the terminal, the suspension loop with a granule at each end and at the top
in. (3.1 cm.) long