ROMAN WOMAN’S BIRD PENDANT NECKLACE 100-350 AD

Gilt bronze over ¾” (0.82”) height. Amusing representation of a rooster with head crest. This stems from the Greek myth of Alectryon who stood guard while Ares (Roman Mars) and Aphrodite (Roman Venus) engaged in a romantic tryst. He fell asleep allowing the lovers to be discovered and was punished by being transformed into a rooster. On an 18” gilt silver neck chain. Gift boxed with certificate of authenticity.