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France, Vercingetorix, c.1890, a uniface cast bronze maquette by F.-A. Bartholdi, warrior on horseback right, galloping over fallen soldier, 177mm. Extremely fine and nicely patinated, rare (£80-100)

Vercingetorix (†46 BC), chieftain of the Averni, united the Gallic tribes in 52 BC to resist subjugation by the Romans under Julius Caesar. After initial successes, he was defeated by Caesar, brought to Rome, exhibited in Caesar’s triumphal march, and executed