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Description: | Obv: Head of Trajan right, laureate, paludamentum visible above truncated neck, in front,;
Leg; around, DIVONERVAETRAIANO Rev; View of the interior of the Circus Maximus; in centre of the field is the spina, consisting of a raised platform with a meta at either end, and a tall obelisk rising in the middle; on this platform are visible, to left of obelisk, a group of three pillars surmounted by dolphins,, and also a statue of the Magna Mater riding upon a lion, right, and to right of obelisk, a hunter or gladiator, left, attacking a boar at bay, right,; in upper part of field, two quadrigae galloping left, one behind the other, the charioteers plying the whip; in lower part of field, two quadrigae right, the one behind galloping like those above, the one in front being reined in by the charioteer, who holds palm in right hand instead of whip, and looks backward to receive wreath, which is about to be placed on his head by Victory. ISSU TRAJAN Rome Italy Die axis:180 | 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? : CIRCUS MAXIMUS (INTERIOR) : | 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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