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Missorium of Aspar, made as a gift to commemorate his western consulship. Flavius Ardabur Aspar, consul, patrician and magister militum, fought the Vandals and Huns, and built the Cistern of Aspar in Constantinople in 459. Now at the National Archaeological Museum of Florence

Missorium of Aspar, made as a gift to commemorate his western consulship. Flavius Ardabur Aspar, consul, patrician and magister militum, fought the Vandals and Huns, and built the Cistern of Aspar in Constantinople in 459. Now at the National Archaeological Museum of Florence