509, Horatius Cocles defends the bridge. Horatius
is on horseback (shield device a bearded head). Six
followers with pickaxes, hammers, and spades, work
behind him, and he is faced by warriors with shields
(head devices), bow, spears, and swords, one falling, two
others and a broken spear and helmet in the water. The
bridge has five arches.
- Reference Number: 509
- Description: Horatius Cocles defends the bridge. Horatius
is on horseback (shield device a bearded head). Six
followers with pickaxes, hammers, and spades, work
behind him, and he is faced by warriors with shields
(head devices), bow, spears, and swords, one falling, two
others and a broken spear and helmet in the water. The
bridge has five arches.
- Current Collection: Unknown
- 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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