contorniate

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Object Type
Museum number: G3,RICL.42
Description: Copper alloy contorniate. (whole); Laureate head of Trajan, right, drapery on left shoulder. (obverse); View of the Circus Maximus, with central spina and both metae; to the left of the central obelisk is a statue of Cybele on a lion; in the circus are four quadrigas. (reverse)
State
Cultures/periods
Production date: 4thC(late)-5thC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 1 o'clock; Weight: 24.510 grammes
Bibliographic references: Alföldi / Die Kontorniat-Medaillons (361.2); Mittag 1999 / Alte Köpfe in neuen Händen: Urheber und Funktion der Kontorniaten (Traianus XXIX) (obverse die)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; charioteer/chariot-racing; charioteer/chariot; circus/hippodrome
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Circus Maximus
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1825
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: G3,RICL.42
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: R.4904 (formerly allocated)

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