Roman Hastatus

This is the Roman Hastatus that first appeared in the Miniature Figurines 72/73 catalogue as PB 39s and subsequently in the 75 catalogue as PB 39. 

Both PB ranges are based on Phil Barker's books Armies if the Macedonian and Punic Wars and Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome. This figure is taken from illustration 39 in AMPW.

The original 's' designation indicates the model is designed to the then new 25mm size rather than the previous 1/72nd range, which was being phased out at the time. Once this transition was complete Minifigs dropped the s from the codes. 

This example carries a rather chunky pilum in the style of the earlier castings, the same figure can be found with a more slender, and consequently more delicate, weapon. 

This is a nice figure on the whole, with classic Minifigs engraved mail effect for the armour. Models carrying large shields like this are prone to distortion, but this one seems to get away with it quite well.