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15th April 06

I have recently returned from Italy where I visited several museums.

I saw many Roman phallic amulets of the types I have been familiar with for very many years.

Also some incredibly elaborate pieces such as these below.

 

 



 

But I saw only two small silver amulets  with wings and these were extremely fine and detailed.

This is to be expected as the Romans considered silver a more "precious" metal than gold in may circumstances.

I saw nothing like the rather crudly made ones shown on the previous page and none like these below.

These all come from the same seller and in my eyes, from the same modern workshop.

I have previously asked the seller who claims long experience of collecting these to give me some references to such pieces in museums or even auction catalogues.

No information as provided.

 







 

One said to be silver, the other said to be gold.

I make no comment!

 

 




 

The patination on bronze amulets does NOT look like these.

 











 

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