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The horsemen having dismounted and engaging in the final hand-to-hand duel, each with a full beard and moustache, wearing a tunic and pteryges, the standing gladiator wearing the characteristic plumed helmet, an iron sword or dagger partially preserved in his raised right hand, pulling his opponent back by his hair.

h. 18.5 cm

Late 2nd-early 3rd century AD

Bronze

Provenance

Ex European private collection, Acquired in 1990s
Christie's Antiquities Sale, New York, December 2007, lot 189
Ex S. Dere collection, New York, 2010
Acquired at Royal Athena-Galleries, New York, 10th December 2010

Publications

J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2011, vol. XXII, p. 22, fig. 41
Christie's, Antiquities Sale, New York, December 2007, lot 189
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 264, fig. 79

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Roman Bronze Gladiatorial Group Depicting Two Equites in Combat

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