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Description: | Obv: Head of Alexander, right, wearing lion's skin; paws tied in front of throat; in front,inlaid in silver, ivy-leaf downwards, with stalk
Leg: around, ALEXA NDER
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 UNCERTAIN Rome Italy Die axis: 360
Alexander appears only on Roman Contorniates, not on Roman coins. | 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 : CHARIOTEER : | 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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