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LOT 0703
Roman Bronze Bust of Mars
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (82 grams, 75 mm).
Highly detailed bearded head with thick hair locks surmounted by a pseudo-Corinthian helmet with high crest; the breast covered by a scale armour (squama) fitted with shoulder-guards. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Published
Bailey, G., Detector Finds 6, Witham, 2008, p.95, fig.C16.53.
Footnotes
The pseudo-Corinthian or Apulo-Corinthian helmet, here worn by the divinity, was originally a legionary helmet, which transformed in the late Consular Age into an officer's helmet, to become a typical attribute of the commanders and then of the war god.
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