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Harness Pendent, Lunate with Phallus, 1st-2nd Cent AD Rare!

Copper alloy; 36mm x 33mm x 28mm/ 17.3gm

Con/ Perfect with lovely glossy dark green and brown patina. Wearable.

Ref/ Eckhard Deschler-Erb's Romische Militaraurustung aus Kastell und Virus von Asciburgium, 2012,  table 8, # C50 

Seller's Note/ Certainly provincial made, perhaps by a military smith, this wonderful artifact was originally forged as a common lunate pendent. The phallus was cast separately and then the two were combined into one; note that the phallus is slightly off center on the pendant.

Is this Roman artifact is a "one-off" custom-made piece for one certain soldier? If not? It's simply very, very rare.