Name: Auction: ANCIENT ROMAN BRONZE MILITARY DIPLOMA EUROPE, C. AUGUST 142 A.D. TO OCTOBER 148 A.D.
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 2500 GBP
Availability: InStock

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bronze, the left side fragment of a Roman military diploma dating to between 142 - 148 A.D., from the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius, it was awarded to a veteran named Damanaeus, who served in the Cohors V Delmatarum, though whether this was in Mauretania Tingitana or Germania Superior remains uncertain, the reverse lists seven witnesses, including the cohort commander “P. Servilius”&nbsp;

ANCIENT ROMAN BRONZE MILITARY DIPLOMA

EUROPE, C. AUGUST 142 A.D. TO OCTOBER 148 A.D.

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