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LOT 1845
Greek Armour Plate with Palmette
HELLENISTIC, 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
6 in. (39.6 grams, 15.3 cm).
Piriform in plan with convex surface, high-relief repoussé acanthus-leaf palmette; mounting holes at the narrow end, edge chipped.
Provenance
From the late collection of a Cornish couple, formed from the early 1990s.
Literature
See Esposito, G. Armies of the Hellenistic States 323 BC to AD 30. Stroud, 2019 for discussion;
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