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Name: Cavalry Sports CSC 11 (Straubing)
Robinson type: Cavalry Sports C
Findspot: Straubing, (DEU); found 27.10.1950 from a Roman villa, 3 km to the west of the fortress.
Date: late 2nd to 3rd century AD
Now kept: Straubing Gäubodenmuseum
Dimensions: H, 231mm; B, 212mm
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Remarks:
  1. Bronze.
  2. A young, beardless face, well-formed face with prominent eyebrows.
  3. The hair is extremely curled in this example and are shaped like the shells of snails. There are two rows of curls, placed symmetrically either side of a central curl, which continue down onto the sides of the face in front of the ears.
  4. The eye sockets, nostrils and between the lips have been broken through the metal.
  5. Photos (c) Luc de Vos.
References:
  1. Robinson, H.R. (1975), "The Armour of Imperial Rome", (Arms & Armour Press), p.116, No.333
  2. Garbsch, J., (1978), "Römische Paraderüstungen" p.47, B.1
Now kept: Straubing

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