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LOT 0933
Roman Bronze Military Diploma Fragment Issued Under Antoninus Pius for Mauretania Tingitana
161 A.D.
2 in. (12 grams, 53 mm).
An irregular diploma fragment with seven partial lines of densely arranged text to one side and nine lines of partial text to the other, translating to:
a:
[i]MP(erator) CAES(ar) DIVI HADRI[ani f(ilius) divi traiani] / 31 letters
PART(hici) NEP(os) DIVI NERV[ae pron(epos) t(itus) aelius had] / 31 letters
RIAN[u]S ANTONIN[us aug(ustus) pius pont(ifex) max(imus) / 29 letters
[t]RIB(unicia) P[ot(estate) x]XIV IMP(erator) [ii co(n)s(ul) iv p(ater) p(atriae)] / 23 letters
EQVITIB(us) ET PEDITIB[us qui milit(averunt) in al(is)] / 30 letters
[iii qua]E APPELL(antur) I AVG(usta) GA[ll(orum) et i gall(orum)] / 28 letters
[taurian(a)1 et] TAVRI[a]N(a) C(ivium) [r(omanorum) victr(ix) et coh(ortibus) ..2] / 29 letters
[iii astur(um) c(ivium) r(omanorum) et ii s]VR(orum) SAG(ittariorum) ET [6-10 letters] / 28-30 letts
[14-16 letters c(ivium)] R(omanorum) ET II [8-10 letters] // 28-30 letters?
b:
[i]MP(erator) CAES(ar) [divi hadriani f(ilius) divi traiani part(ici) nep(os)] / 38 letters
DIVI [nervae pron(epos) t(itus) aelius hadrianus] / 30 letters
ANTON[inus aug(ustus) pius pont(ifex) max(imus) trib(unicia) pot(estate)] / 30 letters
XXIV [imp(erator) ii co(n)s(ul) iv p(ater) p(atriae)] / 16 letters
EQVITIB(us) E[t peditibus qui milit(averunt) in al(is) iii quae appell(antur) i aug(usta)] / 47 letters
GALL(orum) ET I G[all(orum) taurian(a)3 et taurian(a) c(ivium) r(omanorum) victr(ix) et
coh(ortibus) ..4 iii] / 44 letters
ASTVR(um) [c(ivium)] R(omanorum) E[t ii sur(orum) sag(ittariorum) .... i ituraeor(um)?5] /40 letters
C(ivium) R(omanorum) ET V DA
hispan(orum) et iv gall(orum)?7 et i asturum] / 38 letters
ET CALLAE[c(orum)] E[t ........] /
[ca. 6 letters] C(ivium) R(omanorum) ET [.......] /
[.... et sunt in mauretania tingitana sub q(uinto) claudio feroce aeronio montano]. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a gentleman collector.
Accompanied by a copy of an illustrated transliteration report by Dr Ittai Gradel.
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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LOT 0933
Roman Bronze Military Diploma Fragment Issued Under Antoninus Pius for Mauretania Tingitana
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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