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LOT 0720
Roman Bone Pendant of a Nude Man
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (1.2 grams, 22 mm).
Carved bust with pierced suspension lug above. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Composed of a discoid body with sunken discus bearing a scene of two gladiators in combat in relief, tabula ansata below, ring handle and roughly D-shaped nozzle with volutes; old crack to base. 84 grams, 12.4 cm
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The two gladiators seem to be wearing the armaturae of murmillones. All gladiators began their career as provocatores; the learning of their combat technique was polyvalent and allowed the fighters to specialise as a large shield-bearer (the scutati) like murmillones, or as a small shield-bearer, parmati, like the oplomachus. -
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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
