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LOT 0139
Roman Bronze Military Diploma Fragments for a Soldier of the Cohors I Ulpia Dacorum
129 A.D.
1 5/8 in. (16.1 grams total, 40-42 mm).
Two adjacent fragments of bronze sheet with incised script to both faces; the larger with two straight edges; obverse with incised lateral margin and text in rustic capitals: 'SFR · POSTI[.] ISQ EO / NUBIVM.CV VXORI / CVM· EST.CIV [.]TAS · ISD / SENT · CVM · ILS QVAS / TAXAT · SINGVLI · SINE / P I V V ENTI OCEL / COH I VLP [.] ACOR'; reverse with looser, wider-spaced capitals written perpendicular to the obverse: '..THICIF ·OI / IANVSANI / COS / ..IFP CP / ...ASCRI .. / ETI NIP [.] / ...N...' [2]
Provenance
Ex German art market, 1990s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Published
Dana, D. & Matei Popescu, F., Nouvelle copie de la constitution du 22 mars 129 (Syrie) pour un soldat de la cohors I Ulpia Dacorum. EDCS-J 53, 03/2026. DOI: 10.36204/edcsj-053-202603
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LOT 0139
Roman Bronze Military Diploma Fragments for a Soldier of the Cohors I Ulpia Dacorum
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
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