The Master IO FF, Allegory of Unity (or the Revolt of Volero Publilius), bronze circular plaquette, 65.5mm (Molinier 142; Bange 661; cf. Kress 108; Scaglia VI.9; Ashmolean 282), cast with a wide rim, very fine early cast, the reverse with three mount marks From the collection of the late Sir John Pope-Hennessey. Also known as a shield-shaped plaquette, the subject has been interpreted as either a scene from Aesop's Fable of "The Bundle of Sticks" or in the more historical context of the revolt of Volero Publilius in 473 BC, as related by Livy.
Estimate: 300-500 GBP