Bidspirit auction | ROMAN SILVER RING WITH WINGED

ROMAN SILVER RING WITH WINGED PHALLUS AND INSCRIPTION 'FELIX HIC' - Ca. AD 1 - 300A silver finger ring with a solid hoop rising to angular shoulders and a hexagonal bezel engraved with a winged phallus (fascinus) in flight and the Latin inscription FELIX HIC (happy here), all within a linear border.Size: D:17.12mm / US: 6 3/4 / UK: N; Weight: 8.73g.Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a late 1990s UK ancient art collection; formerly acquired from a London-based dealer in the 1980s..