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Bold Ancient Roman Erotica - Phallic Amulet 100 AD
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Pre AD 1000 item# 754462 (stock# z25)
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Superb Rare Ancient Roman Erotic Phallus Amulet c100 AD. This is a very well preserved example of this amulet Type. The phallus (or symbolic male genitals) represented masculinity and virility in Ancient Rome. These amulets where worn to ward off evil, increase a soldiers strength in battle and perhaps to titilate a prospective sexual conquest. Many hundreds of different shapes and sizes have been discovered over the last three hundred years. 32mm x 17mm Superb Condition, beautiful deep green patina.
The Phallic ammulet was worn in Ancient Rome to pay homage to a number of different Gods depending upon the wearers desires and background:
Mutinus Mutunus (Greek - Priapus); the Roman God of fertility. Eros; the primordial god of lust, love, and intercourse. Cupid (Latin cupido); the god of erotic love and beauty.
Roman women seeking to bear children invoked these Gods, as well as Roman Men who sought to increase virlity, sexual performance or attraction.
Also in some parts of ancient Rome, people believed that phallic charms and ornaments offered protection against the evil eye.
A phallic charm was called fascinum in Latin, from the verb fascinare (the origin of the English word "to fascinate"), "to cast a spell", such as that of the evil eye.
Belief in the evil eye during antiquity is based on the evidence in ancient sources like Aristophanes, Athenaeus, Plutarch and Heliodorus.
There are also speculations that claim Socrates possessed the evil eye and that his disciples and admirers were fascinated by Socrates' insistently glaring eyes.
His followers were called Blepedaimones, which translates into demon look, not because they were possessors and transmitters of the evil eye, but because they were suspected of being under the hypnotic and dangerous spell of Socrates.
In the Greco-Roman period a scientific explanation of the evil eye was common.
Plutarch explained this scientific explanation explaining that the eyes were the chief, if not sole, source of the deadly rays that were supposed to spring up like poisoned darts from the inner recesses of a person possessing the evil eye.
Plutarch treated the phenomenon of the evil eye as something seemingly inexplicable that is a source of wonder and cause of incredulity.
The belief in the evil eye during antiquity varied from different regions and periods. There were places in which people felt more conscious of the danger of the evil eye.
In the Roman days not only were individual considered to posses the power of the evil eye but whole tribes, especially those of Pontus and Scythia, were believed to be transmitters of the evil eye.
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Biblical Widows Mite - Olive Wood Case Bible Mark 12:41
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Pre AD 1000 item# 260368 (stock# 11237777)
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$49.95 To Australia Only. Not Available outside Australia
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"Choice Example" WIDOWS MITE of MARK 12:41(from Jerusalem)
Complete with hand made "Olive Wood"
display case from Bethlehem.
JESUS sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and cast in two mites (very small copper coins), worth only a fraction of a penny. Calling his disciples to him JESUS said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow put more into the treasury than all the others". " For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on" Mark 12:41 & Luke 21:1
Bronze Prutah of Alexander Jannaeus, of the Hasmonean Dynasty, King of Judaea, 103 - 76 B.C. Because Leptons and Prutah, were the lowest denomination coins that circulated in Jerusalem during Christ's lifetime, they are believed to be the coins referred to in the Biblical story of the poor widow. Lepton and Prutah were carelessly and crudely struck, usually off centre and on small flans. Legends are almost always unreadable. Actual size of Leptons is less than 1/2 inch in diameter. Prutah are larger and have thicker flans. These coins are genuine Bronze Prutah issued by King Alexander Jannaeus, the great grand nephew of Judah Macabee and the Jewish leader of the Holy Land from 103 - 76 BC. These coins circulated in the Holy Land during the life of Jesus and the disciples. The two dominant symbols that are found on the coins are an Anchor and Star with 8 rays.
Hold these small and simple antiquities in your hand and close your eyes. When I tell my friends about these coins and have them do this it is really incredible. These coins could have been held by Mary, Joseph, the widow or any of the other people mentioned in the Bible. Perhaps they where even held, once, by some one far more important to humanity. It is an incredible feeling to hold these small, worn and ancient coins and just wonder. These superb antiquities where shipped from the Holy Land (Jerusalem) after being discovered between the years 2001 to 2003.
You will receive: An excellent quality Widows Mite (from our best selection, similar to the one in the photo).
One "Olive Wood" Display case
And One Certificate of Authenticity - Explanation.
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Byzantine Follis Jesus Christ w' the Latin Cross
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Pre AD 1000 item# 372055
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Byzantine. Nicephorus III. A.D. 1078-1081. AE Anonymous Follis. Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross, pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l. hand, scroll; to l., IC; to r., XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: Latin cross with X at centre, and globule and two pellets at each extremity; in lower field, on either side, floral ornament; in upper field, on either side, crescent. Sear 1889.Very Fine.
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Gorgeous Terracotta Amphoriskos Early Bronze Age 2150BC
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Pre AD 1000 item# 371625
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Gorgeous Terracotta Amphoriskos from the Early Bronze Age period 3150 - 2150 BC. This choice piece was found near Jerusalem. The Early bronze Age Period was the time of tribes and the unifying of Egypt. The Old Kingdom in Egypt, the period when the pyramids were built, a great and splendid age, came to its end in a natural disaster. The end of the Early Bronze Age or Old Kingdom in Egypt is the time of the momentous events connected with the story of the patriarch Abraham, and described in the Book of Genesis as the overturning of the plain. Reference: Amiran R, Ancient pottery of the Holy Land. 88mm x 85mm Superb Condition.
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Choice Ancient Roman Erotica - Phallus Amulet c100 AD
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Pre AD 1000 item# 367999
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$245
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Choice Ancient Roman Erotic Phallus Amulet c100 AD. This is a very nice amulet Type. The phallus (or symbolic male genitals) represented masculinity and virility in Ancient Rome. These amulets where worn to ward off evil, increase a soldiers strength in battle and perhaps to titilate a prospective sexual conquest. Many hundreds of differnt shapes and sizes have been discovered over the last three hundred years. 34mm x 21mm x 10mm Superb Condition, beautiful deep green patina.
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