4⁷⁄₈ in. (12.5 cm.) long

Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin.
The Axel Guttmann Collection: Part I, Christie's, London, 6 November 2002, lot 87 (part).
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Ancient Arms, Armor, and Images of Warfare, 2004, no. 35; Art of the Ancient World, vol. XV, 2004, no. 62).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2009.

M. Junkelmann, Reiter wie Statuen aus Erz, Mainz, 1996, p. 97, no. 30.
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 246, fig. 33.

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA446).

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Decorated with the figure of winged Nike standing above a hybrid creature with the forepart of a feline and the tail of a fish. With traces of a dotted inscription running horizontally either side of her legs. For similar breastplate fittings see, H. Russell Robinson, The Armour of Imperial Rome, London, 1975, pp. 160-161, pls 455-454, figs 163-169.