ANCIENT ROMAN BRONZE MILITARY DIPLOMA
CENTRAL EUROPE, 159 A.D.
£2,305
Antiquities and African & Oceanic Art
Auction: Antiquities - 31 July 2024 at 2pm
Description
cast bronze, the fragment of a Roman military diploma dating to 159 A.D., the reign of Antoninus Pius, addressed to Suri, the son of Dialpurus, likely a Thracian serving in Ala I Thracum Victrix
Dimensions
5.9 cm x 9 cm
Provenance
Provenance:
Peter Weiß, Germany, acquired between 1967 and 2015
Footnote
Published: P. Holder, Roman Military Diplomas V (2006) S. 845 f. Nr. 422; P. Weiß, Chiron 29, 1999, S. 148-182.
Note: The inscription to one side is:
R NON HABER VM VXORIB QVAS BVIS CVM EST CIVIT IS DATA CVM IS QVAS POST DVXISS DVM 5 TAXAT SINGVLIS AD XI Κ IVL Μ PISIBANIO LEPIDO L MATVCCIO FISCINO COS ALAE I THRAC VICTR CR CVI PRAEST SVLPICIVS POMPEIVS EXGREGALE 10 SVRI DIALPVRI F NICOPOL DESCRIPT ET RECOGNIT EX TABV AEREA QVAE FIXA EST ROME IN MVRO POST TEM// DIVI AVG AD MINERVAM
The other side:
DIVI///// / ΟΝΕΡ / / / /VGPIVS P/N/ COS IV // Ρ I VLP CON IAR oo AN CR ET I HISPAN COH VI I VLP PINN V VOI CR ET V CALLAE SVNT IN PANNON CRINO IEG XXV STIP ON QVOR NOMN SV B QVEONONHAB DED AS TVNC HAB CVM EST IS QVAS POST DV · NGVIIS