File:Anonymous goldsmith roman gold childrens rings carved with a phallus for good luck ca1st3rdCCE british Museum london 400×277.jpg

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Five gold rings with phallus either, four in relief, one in intaglio. ca 1st to 3rd century CE, British Museum, London

- Registration number : 1772,0314.32 provenance : Dimensions : Diameter: 1.3 centimetres (max) Acquisition date :1772 Purchased from Sir William Hamilton

- Registration number: 1772,0314.34 Diameter: 1.3 centimetres (max) Acquisition date :1772 Purchased from Sir William Hamilton

- Registration number: AF.425 Excavated/Findspot Faversham (Europe,United Kingdom,England,Kent,Faversham) Period/Culture Romano-British (scope note | all objects) Acquisition date : 1897 Bequeathed by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks

- Registration number: SL.43

Romano-British (scope note | all objects)

Description Small gold finger-ring with flattened bezel area on which is engraved a phallus in intaglio. Dimensions Diameter: 15.8 millimetres (outer) Diameter: 13.8 millimetres (inner) Acquisition notes Object has Sloane label.

- Registration number: 1772,0314.24 Acquisition date : 1772 Purchased from Sir William Hamilton Exhibited : 2010 Jan - April, Nottingham, Lakeside Arts Centre, The University of Nottingham, 'Roman Sexuality: Images, Myths and Meanings'


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