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Medal - Contorniates - Pegasus

Location Western Roman Empire (Rome)
Year 400-500
Type Commemorative medal
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Obverse description Diademed bust to left, draped and cuirassed, in the imperial Roman manner, with elaborately curled hair and a fibula at the shoulder. The effigy is rendered in bold relief against a plain field, with no surrounding legend.
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Reverse description The winged horse Pegasus stands facing right in the center of the composition, his right foreleg lowered into a water basin held by a kneeling female figure beneath his belly. To the right, a standing draped female figure offers water from a bowl toward his head. Behind him on the upper left, a seated cupid pours water from an amphora over his back. Above, a second winged cupid flies to the right, reaching toward the horse's mane. The scene is rendered in lively low relief against a plain field with no legend.
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