ASIA MINOR. Uncertain. Amulet (Lead, 35 mm, 13.25 g, 12 h), circa 4th-6th centuries. Facing gorgoneion with wild hair and protruding tongue; to left and right, large coiled serpents with their heads facing outward and their mouths open; below, three magical 'charakteres' in the form of lines and circlets in the shapes of the letters K, E and T. Rev. TCOYΠ+ / ΠИЄΘOCЄP / ИCCOЄIXPOИO / TAИΔΘΔYOYbTH / MAИYΔCIΠЄЄYO / HCAΛΠYO...A.. / OMCYΔΛBJMCOVA / ⲰVCΔΓЄMOYΔPT /VOEAMOV / +VΘ in ten lines separated with horizontal lines. A very interesting and unusual magical amulet. Suspension loop broken off, otherwise, very fine.