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511, A cavalry combat. Seven armed horsemen with shields with head devices, spears, and a standard labelled S.P.Q.R. at the left, one with an elephant outlined on it at the right, in a mêlée. At the left a man on a plunging horse,and a fallen man wearing a tunic, holding a standard. Shield devices have grotesque frontal heads.

  • Reference Number: 511
  • Description: A cavalry combat. Seven armed horsemen with shields with head devices, spears, and a standard labelled S.P.Q.R. at the left, one with an elephant outlined on it at the right, in a mêlée. At the left a man on a plunging horse,and a fallen man wearing a tunic, holding a standard. Shield devices have grotesque frontal heads.
  • Current Collection: Ladriere, (Guy), Paris
  • Previous Collections:
    • Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870)
    • Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009)
  • Material: Onyx
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