40004879, Marlborough, 416, A naked warrior with helmet and shield, holding a human head, his foot on a headless corpse; a helmet in the field. Ground line. Hatched border. On the back a figure of Nike, added in Roman times. Usually taken for Melanippos with the head of Tydeus., Unknown, Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009), Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870), no. 416, Cornelian, 2nd cent. BC

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