Phalerae were a genuine class of Roman military decoration, gold, silver or bronze discs awarded to centurions and standard-bearers for acts of valour and worn as a set on the chest harness during parades, sometimes mounted on the staffs of unit standards. The tradition traces back to ancient Greek phalara, adorning armour and horse harness, adopted by Rome via the Etruscans by the 4th century BC, and the term survives today in “phaleristics,” the study of orders and decorations.
This listing appears to be an earlier, uncoated brass version of our Roman horse motif phalera, since it shares the same design as its tin-coated counterpart (listed separately with a “T” suffix SKU) but carries no price or dimensional data in our current catalogue.
Please confirm with your catalogue team whether this legacy listing should be merged with its tin-coated equivalent, re-priced as a distinct plain-brass option, or discontinued.
