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Dacian helmets depicted as trophies.
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I keep coming across old copper plate engravings of Dacian trophies from Roman monuments, but I am curious to see the original carvings that they are based on. These 18th C engravings are supposedly composite images of elements taken from the cubic base of Trajan's Column. Does anyone have or know where I can find photos of the relevant sculpture?

[Image: pira-trajan-arm1.jpg]
[Image: pira-trajan-arm2.jpg]

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How big/detailed? both these pages on http://www.trajans-column.org/ have pics of the pedestal sides:

Old Photos:
http://www.trajans-column.org/?page_id=38

More Recent
http://www.trajans-column.org/?page_id=11

more links here:
https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/trajans-column/links/
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