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| Item details |
| Name: |
Cavalry Sports CSE 04 (Vienna) |
| Robinson type: |
Cavalry Sports E |
| Findspot: |
Resca, Dobrosloveni, Rumania, (ROM); found 1863 in the River Olt |
| Date: |
second half, 2nd century AD |
| Now kept: |
Vienna,Kunsthistoriches Museum. Antiksammlung. Inv. VI 4946 |
| Dimensions: |
H, 235mm; B, 210mm |
| Discuss on RAT: |
http://www/roma...wforum.php?f=45 |
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Remarks
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Bronze.
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Carries the inscriptions: "PII/PRISCI" and under the chin: "VITALIS/T(urma) CRISPINI".
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The eye sockets and the nostrils are perforated through the metal of the mask.
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The 'hairdo' is 'held in place' with a representation of a diadem or chain. From this is suspended at the forehead a lunula ornament.
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Robinson, H.R. (1975), "The Armour of Imperial Rome", (Arms & Armour Press), p.125, No.363
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Garbsch, J., (1978), "Römische Paraderüstungen" p.69, O.40 & Taf.24, 2
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MacMullen, R., (1960), "Inscriptions on Armour and the Supply of Arms in the Roman Empire", American Journal of Archæology, 64, 23ff.
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| Now kept: |
Vienna |
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