This is the Centurio of Legio XX Valeria that first appeared in the Miniature Figurines 72/73 catalogue as PB 106.
Both PB ranges were based on Phil Barker's books Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars and The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome. This figure is taken from illustration 6 in the first edition of AEIR.
The code numbers for the AEIR range correspond to the illustrations in the book plus '100', i.e. illustration 1 is figure 101, and so on.
The base is stamped PB 106 on the upper surface in the usual manner.
Rather like the PB 107 this figure is derived from a funerary monument and is more suitably armed for the parade ground than the battlefield. I don't fancy his chances against the barbarian hordes with that vine stick.
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