Phalera
Dublin Core
Title
Phalera
Subject
Bronze
Description
Bronze circular baldric phalera with a satyr's head in high relief. The mythical creature has a full face with small round eyes, thick lids, flat broad nose and full lips. His face is nearly encircled by thick waves of layered hair and beard and moustache indicated by lines of incision. At his temples are thick curled horns and goat's ears. Framing the face is a flat plan edge punched above and below for suspension.
Source
Purchased from Fragments of Time, Massachusetts, 2008
Date
AD 1 - 200
Identifier
08.004
Provenance
Purchased from Fragments of Time, Massachusetts, 2008.
Sold by Christie, Manson & Woods, London, Lot 167, 28th April 2004.
Part of Axel Guttman Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Germany, 1989-1992.
Sold by Christie, Manson & Woods, London, Lot 167, 28th April 2004.
Part of Axel Guttman Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Germany, 1989-1992.
Files
Citation
“Phalera,” RD Milns Antiquities Museum Online Exhibitions, accessed May 4, 2024, https://uqantiquitiesonlineexhibitions.omeka.net/items/show/115.