Bidspirit auction | ROMAN GOLD PHALLIC PENDANT

ROMAN GOLD PHALLIC PENDANT - Ca. AD 1 - 300. A gold phallic pendant hammered and cut from sheet, with embossed testicles and phallus. Chased pubic hair surrounds the phallus and continues onto the testicles. A ribbed cylindrical suspension tube is soldered along the upper edge. For similar see: The Louvre Museum, Catalogue number: Bj 2245.a; The British Museum, Museum number 1772,0314.81, 1814,0704.1177. Size: 25mm x 20mm; Weight: 2.2g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.