ROMAN SILVER DOUBLE AMULET

Ca. AD 1 - 300. A silver amulet cast in the form of a curved double phallus with a suspension loop above. A secondary pendant element in the form of a smaller phallus with pronounced testicles is attached below by a twisted wire link. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 60.117.8. Size: 55mm x 55mm; Weight: 23g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.