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Description: | Obv: Bust of Caracalla, right, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; back shown;
Leg; around, MAVRELANTONINUSPIVSAVGBRIT
Rev; View of the interior of the Circus Maximus; in the centre of field is the spina with obelisk and metae; to left of obelisk is a statue of the Magna Mater riding upon a lion left, beyond which is the ovaria, with eggs upon the top; to right of obelisk is a lion bounding right, beyond which is a distyle aedicula; in the upper part of the field, two quadrigae galloping right, the foremost charioteer holding a whip in his right hand and looking back at his comrade, who is reining in his horses. ISSU CARACALLA 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? : CIRCUS MAXIMUS : QUADRIGAE : MAGNA MATER : LION : TEMPLE : | 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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