A ROMAN GOLD AMULET
A ROMAN GOLD AMULET

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