An Iberian signum equitum in Monteagudo, Murcia
Abstract
Review of an Iberian Bronze Horseman documented in the Cabré Archive. This Iberian bronze is a horseman wearing a helmet with a highly developed crest and armed with a circular shield on a support formed by an openwork stem for its sleeve. This figure was a signum equitum or royal scepter that was part of the collections of the Museum of Antiquities of the Colegio de Santo Domingo de Orihuela (Murcia, Spain) at the beginning of the 20th century, according to the photographic documentation preserved in the Siret Archive of the Museo Arqueológico Nacional. Its provenance is unknown, although the photography has a label that seems to indicate its origin in somewhere related to Monteagudo (Murcia), which increases the interest of this piece.
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