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LOT 0670
Roman Bronze Sword Baldric Stud with Bust
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (10.3 grams, 22 mm).
With discoid head and square-section shank, female bust modelled in the half-round. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. for similar studs of Flavian Age Radman Livaja, I., Militaria Sisciensia, Finds of the Roman military equipment in Sisak in the holdings of the archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Zagreb, 2004, cat.212-248.
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