Lot 182
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A BRONZE DAGGER HILT IN THE FORM OF AN EAGLE'S HEAD, with naturalistically modelled facial features and feathers, from a band at the base of the eagle's neck projects a bust of Hercules, with lion skin over his head and tied in the front, 1st-2nd Century A.D., from the Danube region

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A BRONZE DAGGER HILT IN THE FORM OF AN EAGLE'S HEAD, with naturalistically modelled facial features and feathers, from a band at the base of the eagle's neck projects a bust of Hercules, with lion skin over his head and tied in the front, 1st-2nd Century A.D., from the Danube region
4in. (10.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

For complete bronze and iron gladiator's ceremonial dagger with eagle and male bust, c.f., Christie's, Fine Antiquities, 10 July 1991, lot 174; and two examples in the National Museum of Naples, both from Pompeii

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