Ancient Roman Glass Phallus Amulet

The ancient Romans considered a phallus talisman apotropaic protection, worn for good luck and fertility, and especially powerful for male children in averting sickness or malevolent influence. Traditionally fashioned as charms or rings, this particular phallus is a late Roman/early European multicolor glass pendant circa 400- 500 CE, with a channel through the shaft to accommodate a hemp or leather cord; not wanting to stress the glass we've given it a 20k gold wire harness modeled after ancient techniques. 

Choose the pendant alone or with the 14k cable chain as shown.

Details: Measuring approximately 1" north to south and 3/4" east to west. The harness is 20k, the bail is 18k. The 14k cable chain is 20 1/4" long, 2 mm wide and weighs approximately 5.8 grams.

History: Glass making dates back to around 4,000 BCE, but there's disagreement as to the first culture to produce glass objects. Since it was difficult to make, glass items were an expensive luxury and not available to the masses until the ancient Romans, expanding on Grecian techniques, developed ways to make glass easier to produce and therefore less expensive. By 100 CE most economic classes could afford a glass amulet or bead. The late Roman/early European period was a time of massive migration due to the geopolitical upheaval of the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and while this amulet is of Roman influence, it may be Venetian or northern European in origin.