★ Rare and Interesting ★

A ROMAN BRONZE MILITARY DIPLOMA FRAGMENT
Circa 1st century AD.
Fragment of a diploma issued to an unknown auxiliary soldier following twenty-five years of service, awarding to him and his family Roman citizenship. The fragment of tabella II (inside) reads: […QVI QVINA ET VICENA STIP]ENDIA AVT [PLVRA MERVERANT ITEM D]IMISSIS H[ONESTA MISSIONE EMERITI]S STIPE[NDIIS, QVORVM NOMINA SVB]SC(R)IPTA SV[NT, IPSIS LIBERIS POSTERISQV]E EORVM [CIVITATEM DEDIT ET CONV]BIVM C[VM VXORIBVS…].
H 64 mm, W 42 mm

Ex Austrian private collection, acquired on the European art market before 2000.