An ancient Roman solid silver Legionary X-th Legion Gemina bull’s head pendant

Ancient Roman silver amulet pendant shaped as a head of a Bull which was the Symbol of the X-th Legion Gemina or Equestris. The Xth Legion fought under the commands of the second Triumvirate (Octavian, Marc Anthony and Lepidus) and defeat Cassius and Brutus the murders of Julius Caesar in the historical battle of Philippi. After that they took a side of Marcus Antonius in another historical battle of Actium where the Xth Legion was defeated and punished from Octavian who rename it to Gemina. The equestrian status of ancient Rome was mainly an aristocratic.
In the following centuries this Legion played also a significant role in a different “hot spots” like: Hispania Tarraconensis against the Cantabrians, Pannonia, Batavia in Germania Superior (near Nijmegen), against the Dacians and Decibalus, Moesia Superior, and against the Jewish revolt of Bar Kokhba.
The latest evidence of this Legion were at the beginning of the 5th century.

A thrilling small silver amulet with significant symbolic importance, probably from an ownership of an Legionnaire from the X-th Legion.

Material: solid silver
Weight: 4.96 gram
Date: Roman, 1st – 2nd century AD
Measurement: overall: 21 x 17 mm
Condition: Extremely fine condition

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