2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

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SEVEN ROMAN BRONZE ALLOY REPOUSSÉ PLAQUES
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Comprising a male profile bust wearing cavalry parade helmet with eagle crest, engraved details, 4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high; a cavalry parade helmet cheekpiece with standing Dioscurus holding a prancing horse, a spear in one hand, 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high; and five breastplate plaques, each decorated in relief with a profile bust of Mars wearing high crested helmet, with an eagle above and shield below, within rope border, one with dot-punched inscription, 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high max., fragmentary and with some repair (7)

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Item two: M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, VIII, Mainz, 2000, p. 167, pl. 93 (AG 594).
Items three to seven (three published): M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, VIII, Mainz, 2000, p. 198, pl. 109 (AG 811); H. Born and M. Junkelmann, Römische Kampf- und Turnierrüstungen: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, VI, Mainz, 1997, pp. 73, 138-142 and 166, pls. 87-88 (AG 544 and AG 716); and M. Junkelmann, Reiter wie Statuen aus Erz, Mainz, 1996, p. 101, no. P45.

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