Draco tauri pater. A new gold lamella from a private collection in Hungary

Abstract In 2019 a tiny gold tablet, once folded several times, turned up in private collection Hungary. Due to its physical appearance and the layout of text, tablet originally had been identified as ‘foil with Greek magical inscription’ an auction catalogue. At first glance, however, it becomes obvious that text was written Latin letters. Although parts recall Christian apologists' works, pagan apotropaic language amulet is evident throughout. The itself proposes major impact Greek. This paper offers preliminary report on establishing gives approaches for interpreting lamella.