LOT 0357 Hellenistic Gilt-Silver Lion Head Military Phalera
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Early 2nd century BC. A silver-gilt phalera raised from a single sheet, the central motif a facing head of a lion in high-relief, holding a spear in its teeth, voluminous mane arranged in wavy locks; the head surrounded by a garland wreath and a frieze of alternating plant motifs; the flat edge with chased garland, pierced for suspension. See Nikonorov, V.P., The armies of Bactria 700 BC-450 AD, Stockport, 1997; Yavtushenko, I. (ed.), Masterpieces of Platar, Kiev, 2004; ????????, ?.?., ????.???.????; ??????? ?.?., ????.???.????; ?????? ?.?., ?-?.???.????; ?????? ?.?., ????.???.????; ?????? ?.?; ????????? ?.?., ?-?.???.????; ???????, ?.?, ???????? ????????? ????????? ????? ?????????? ?? ?????, ????, 2004; D'Amato, R. and Negin, A., Roman Heavy Cavalry (1), Cataphractarii and Clibanarii, 1st century BC-5th century AD, Oxford, 2018. Apollo magazine, February 2019. 453 grams, 27.5cm (10 3/4"). Formerly in the Walter Bizzarri family collection since the 19th century; accompanied by a copy of a fourteen page examination report number 101/2018 by Dr. habil Mikhail Treister dated 22 September 2018, an expertise from Striptwist Ltd, a London-based company run by historical precious metal specialist Dr Jack Ogden, reference number 180701, and by a report of the military expert Dr. Raffaele D’Amato, and by copies of the relevant Apollo magazine pages; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10275-168732. The spear in the mouth of the lion is plausibly the military badge of the owner. When attached to a horse harness it would have announced the high status of elite cavalrymen. This phalera belongs to a small group of the earliest known type of Hellenistic horse shoulder Pontic phalerae. The central image of the lion is directly comparable to the emblem of an extremely rare type of silver coin minted in the Bosporan Kingdom, which may have constituted the Bosporan Royal emblem. [A video of this lot is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.]
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