Bidspirit auction | ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH PHALLUS - Ca. AD 1 - 300 A gold ring with a flat hoop forming an oval bezel decorated in relief with a phallus modelled as a straight shaft with a rounded tip, flanked by a pair of globular testicles. Size: D:20.78mm / US: 11 1/8 / UK: W; Weight: 3.78g. Provenance: Private London collection; previously with F.A., Brussels; Belgian collection formed between the early 1970s to the early 1990s. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1772,0314.34.