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LOT 0699
Roman Bronze Military Bracelet
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (26 grams, 66 mm).
Penannular flat-section body with punched point decoration, flattened snake-head terminals with scale detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Bronze lions were chosen guardian figures for millennia in both the Greek and Roman worlds. Representations of lions have been discovered in various contexts, appearing on gates and tombs in ancient Greece and on Roman coffins (sarcophagi), where they symbolise victory of the soul over death and evil.
