10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTORNIATE»
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contorniate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
contorniate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Fortunes of Apuleius and the Golden Ass: A Study in ...
This imaginary portrait, on a Roman contorniate, or circus medal, is the only
surviving ancient image accompanied by an identifying inscription (see plate 4).
1'16 The contorniate shows Apuleius in profile as a beautiful beardless youth, ...
2
Catalogue of the first (second) portion of Greek, Roman, and ...
See the Works of MIONNET, BONABOTTI, MEZZOBAKBA, &o. 102 Augustus;
Head, and DIVVS. AVGVSTVS. PATER.; rev. a winged Thunderbolt, s. c. A
second brass medal struck thick as medallion . . size 12. Contorniate of Augustus
; rev.
3
Olympias: Mother of Alexander the Great
91 While the contorniate could allude to Olympias' keeping of petsnakes,hersemi
clothed stateand the presenceof thescene on anobjectwhose obverseshows
Alexander himself suggestthatZeus Ammon, not a domesticpet,is intended.
4
The Search for Alexander: Supplement to the Catalogue
Bronze contorniate. British Museum, London. Bronze contorniate. British Museum
, London. Bronze contorniate or souvenir jeton. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
13.1695. Bronze contorniate or souvenir ieton. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5
Between Magic and Religion: Interdisciplinary Studies in ...
26 Because of the associations between contorniate and coin iconography, that
is, powerful effigy and victory symbolism, we are left wondering how broadly to
interpret the passage of John Chrysostom; he could have also been referring to a
...
Sulochana Ruth Asirvatham, Corinne Ondine Pache, John Watrous,
2001
6
Roman Theater and Society: E. Togo Salmon Papers I
The surface of the contorniate is worn, but the figure may be wearing a mask. In
the right hand is held a victory crown or garland. A small, winged figure
symbolizes victory, as in a number of such illustrations. It, like the main figure,
seems to be ...
A.D. 54a—The cruel Emperor Nero was an accomplished musician, and a
contorniate of his time has given rise to many assertions connecting him with the
pipes. It is generally referred to as a coin, but it is in reality a contorniate or medal,
...
Roman contorniate medallion, second half of 4th cent. AD, diam. 3.7 cm.
Bibliotheque Nationale, Cabinet des Me"dailles, Paris, inv. 17162 (obverse).
Photo: Bibl. Nat. 32. Dancing couple. Detail of Lucanian red-figure volute-crater
from Ceglie ...
9
Numismatic Chronicle, and Journal of the Royal Numismatic ...
He appears to have taken it from Havercamp, who considers it a contorniate. I
cannot find that it is alluded to either by Sabatier or Cohen. “6 This coin is
immensely rare. M. de Longpérier (Rev. "DIVO TRAIANO PATRI AVG. Num.
Chrom, N.S. ...
John Yonge Akerman, Sir John Evans, William Sandys Wright Vaux,
1867
10
The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic ...
277 ; type on contorniate, ix. 47 ; and Mar- syas on contorniate, 38 ; of Amyclae,
statue of, on coin of Areus, ix. 3 ; on coin of Nabis, 4 ; and Artemis on coins of
SeH- nus, x. 44 Apollonia (Mysia), coins of,vi.29ff. Apollonia Pontica (Thrace),
bronze ...