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Description: | Obv: Bust of Trajan left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; back shown;
behind, P/E (reversed) in intaglio
Leg; around, IMPCAESNERVAETRAIANOAVGGERDACPMTRPCOSIII Rev; Bacchus, naked to the waist, seated right, but with head left, in biga drawn by panthers, left; he holds thyrsus in his right hand and raises his left above his head; in field, right, small winged creature flying left, carrying a bunch of grapes; above backs of panthers, Maenad left, blowing double flute; in front of her, naked satyr standing to front, head right, with a pedum in right hand; at panthers' heads, horned Pan standing right, holding reins; in exergue, six Bacchic symbols, in following order from left to right; fistula, pedum, mask right (with winged temples?), bunch of grapes, mask of Silenus left, cup with two handles. ISSU TRAJAN Rome Italy Die axis:360 | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | MEDAL? : COUNTER? : BACCHUS : BIGA : PANTHERS : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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