A Roman Bronze Military Diploma Fragment for Auxiliaries in Syria

Circa 129 A.D.

Length 6 cm (2 3/8 inches).

Provenance:

David John MacDonald (1943-2025; Ancient Numismatist and Illinois State University Professor of History from 1971-2005), Carlock, Illinois.

Published:

W. Eck, D. MacDonald, and A. Pangerl, "Neue Diplome für Auxiliartruppen in den Dakischen Provinzen, "Acta Musei Napocensis, vol. 38, iss. 1, 2001, pp. 42-45. [where originally identified as Dacian or British]

[Per Professor MacDonald's notes]

One of two non-joining fragments comprising tabella I, subsequently re-attributed to soldiers in Syria (see W. Eck and A. Pangerl, "Neue Militärdiplome für die Provinzen Syria und Iudaea/Syria Palaestina," Scripta Classica Israelica, vol. 24, 2005, pp. 116-118).

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A Roman Bronze Military Diploma Fragment for Auxiliaries in Syria

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