ROMAN SILVER FIBULA OF A MURMILLO

SILVER FIBULA OF A MURMILLO GLADIATOR

Left leg forward, large rectangular shiled, short sword in right hand,  large helmet with plume crest and ornate ‘grill’ face visor on his head. Pin missing.

Rare. Ex priv. coll. Stobbe, Netherlands.
H. 5 cm. Mounted

1st – 2nd cent. AD

The Murmillo gladiator usually fought with the Thraex or hoplomachus