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LOT 0784
Roman Bronze Ring and Bezel Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 7/8 in. (23.5 grams total, 15-22 mm).
Including a facetted finger ring with punched detailing, a bezel with inset glass stud and other items. [13, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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Opening Bid: £222
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From a German collection. Ex Cambridge, UK, collection, 1980s.
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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Roman Bronze Ring with Victory Motif
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