Roman Gold Hercules Club Amulet, c. 1st-3rd Century A.D.

(Roman Gold Pendant)

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Item No.
36.37645
Culture
Roman, c. 1st-3rd Century A.D. 
Item Details.
Formed as a tapering club with applied granule decoration, suspension loop at the narrow end.

Provenance: Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.

Literature: Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, accession number 1981,0201.29, in Johns, C.M., Potter, T., The Thetford Treasure. Roman Jewellery and Silver, London, 1983, no.29.

A similar object formed part of the remarkable hoard of late Roman gold jewellery and silver tableware found near Thetford, Norfolk, in 1979.

Size
2.5 cm L (including loop) - 1 inch
Material
Gold, 1.1 grms 
Condition
Intact 
Categories
Jewellery
Price.
US$ 1200
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