2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A GLADIATOR
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Mounted on terminal of knife handle, wearing a crested visored helmet, a single greave, and protective covering over his right arm strapped across his chest, a broad belt worn over his loin-cloth, finely detailed, mounted
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For a gladiator mounted on a knife handle, cf. J. Petit, Bronzes Antiques de la Collection Dutuit, Paris, 1980, pp. 145-146, no. 77. The helmet of this gladiator with its smooth crest suggests the helmet of a secutor but the perforated visor is like that belonging to the murmillo, for a terracotta gladiator with similar detailed apparel cf. R. Jackson (ed.), Gladiators and Caesars, The British Museum, London, 2000, p. 139, pl. 157.

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