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Title: Roman Phalerum??
Post by: aligern on Apr 03, 2013, 08:43 AM

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Byzantine-Bronze-PENDANT-14AD-depicting-SOLDIER-with-HELMET-SHIELD-SWORD-/221208027944?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item338106a328&autorefresh=true

Has 'provenance' from Near East and sort of shows a chap with a large creston helmet, oval? shield and spear

Title: Re: Roman Phalerum??
Post by: Duncan Head on Apr 03, 2013, 05:24 PM

I think it's a kite-shaped shield, so Byzantine would seem plausible. And the pose with sword on shoulder seems more Byzzie than Roman.

Title: Re: Roman Phalerum??
Post by: aligern on Apr 03, 2013, 06:15 PM

Then is he a Saint? And the crest a halo?
Roy

Title: Re: Roman Phalerum??
Post by: Duncan Head on Apr 03, 2013, 07:07 PM

Somehow I'd missed the halo - but yes, I think that's what it is.

Title: Re: Roman Phalerum??
Post by: aligern on Apr 04, 2013, 09:21 AM

A religious memento would make sense. Sort of a pilgrim's badge. Just the sort of thing that one might by as a souvenir or that a soldier might carry as a charm.

Roy

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