Inv. n°: MMoCA492a

Two bronze horse harness distributors

Applique in the form of an umbo placed on a smooth disc at the four cardinal corners, flat brackets (a finial marks the left side on one of them. Used for the front 4 straps on the right and left side of the horse harness. The reverse is smooth and hollow, with no fastening system. On the first, punctuated inscription TCANDIDIMAXIMI, turma of Candidus Maximus.

h. 6.15 x w. 6.05 cm

Bronze

Provenance

  • Ex Raymond Heck (1954 – 2006?) collection, Belgium, 1970s
  • Ex Gert Fennell collection
  • Ex Oliver Habel collection, Germany, 2005
  • With Numisart Gmbh, Munich, since 2008
  • Acquired at Numisart Gmbh, Munich,, 19th March 2091

Publications

  • M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria", Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 260, fig. 64

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, Mougins, France, since 2011

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