LOT 1312 Roman Plaque with Sol Invictus Triumphant
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3rd century AD. A bronze votive plaque with two scenes represented on two registers; on the upper register the sun god with the radiate crown, sol invictus, is centrally represented triumphing on a quadriga; underneath a central figure flanked by two cavalrymen (representing the Danubian riders), and two figures behind them; a soldier with helmet, spear, shield and muscled armour (on the left), and a draped woman (on the right); under them two lying bodies; the lower register of the plaque is dominated by the scene of worship, with a priest sacrificing over an altar in front of a group of worshippers. Very similar plaque (in lead) at the MET, accession number 21.88.175. 171 grams, 85mm (3 1/4"). Property of a European collector; acquired on the European art market in the 2000s. The plaque contains a complex iconography of divine figures and symbols, probably to be associated with Thracian or Dacian beliefs of the Lower Danube region. Presiding over the whole scene is Sol Invictus (the invincible sun-god) in a quadriga (four-horse chariot"). His cult originated in the Near East and gained increasing influence under imperial patronage during the third century AD. The state worship of Sol was only supplanted by Constantine's adoption of Christianity in 312 AD. [No Reserve]
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