While the auction house listed this piece as a rare C1st BCE intaglio, my suspicion is its a fake. Ancient Roman phalluses rarely came with balls when you could have another phallus! Something about the lightning bolts also feels off. What do you think?
@phistorians I agree, why add balls when cxyou can have another phallus instead? Also the testicles are too huge. Not even satyrs are depicted with huge testes. These are the finds I do have of fascina with balls and none of them look similar to the engraving.
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