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Roman Gold Hercules Club Amulet
1st-3rd Century AD
Formed as a tapering club with applied granule decoration,suspension loop at the narrow end.
Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s;thence by descent. Property of gentleman living in London.
Literature: Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, accessionnumber 1981,0201.29, in Johns, C.M., Potter, T., The Thetford Treasure. RomanJewellery and Silver, London, 1983, no.29.
A similar object formed part of the remarkable hoard of lateRoman gold jewellery and silver tableware found near Thetford, Norfolk, in1979.
