Medal - Contorniates - Pegasus

Location Western Roman Empire (Rome)
Year 400-500
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Orichalcum
Weight 22.96 g
Diameter 36 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
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Obverse description Diademed, draped and cuirassed male bust to left in the style of a Roman Emperor.
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Reverse description Scene depicting Pegasus facing right, with his right foreleg dipped in a water basin and his left raised with a female figure in front on the left offering water from a bowl. Beneath Pegasus`s belly, another female kneels on the right, washing his right foreleg. Behind him on the left, a cupid sits on a rock, leaning back and pouring water from an amphora onto Pegasus`s back. Above Pegasus`s head, a second cupid flies to the right, combing his mane.
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Mintage
Numisquare ID 6706641860
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