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Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
8 5/8 in. (250 grams, 22 cm).
Possibly the lower left side element of a cavalry armour of thorax stadios (muscled armour) typology, upper, lower and external side with well preserved edge, fastening holes visible. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection, acquired in 1996.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Connolly, P., Greece and Rome at War, London, 2006, figs.p.56, on the bottom, right.
FOOTNOTES:
Armour for cavalrymen in classical Greece were specially designed with these characteristics. They were very broad on the hips to enable their wearers to sit a horse. Important parallels are known from South Italy, one of them preserved in the Bari Museum.
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