A Roman marble stele with a huntsman
Circa 3rd Century A.D.
On horseback wearing a tunic and chlamys billowing behind him, holding a spear in his right hand and the reins with his left, the horse wearing a bridle and leaping with its forelegs raised, a hound attacking a boar beneath, with a tree to the right, the stele inscribed in Latin above and below, for Jupiter Sabazius by a soldier of the Second Praetorian Cohort, century of Mercator, whose name is Valerius Aulusanus, 16in (40.4cm) high, repaired with some damage, with an old lead export tag, mounted
Circa 3rd Century A.D.
On horseback wearing a tunic and chlamys billowing behind him, holding a spear in his right hand and the reins with his left, the horse wearing a bridle and leaping with its forelegs raised, a hound attacking a boar beneath, with a tree to the right, the stele inscribed in Latin above and below, for Jupiter Sabazius by a soldier of the Second Praetorian Cohort, century of Mercator, whose name is Valerius Aulusanus, 16in (40.4cm) high, repaired with some damage, with an old lead export tag, mounted
Sold for
£9,600
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Acquired from Cesare della Seta 1982, accompanied by an old lead export tag.
Exhibited:
On loan to the University of Melbourne, Australia, March 1988 - July 2003.
Literature:
Valerius Aulusanus was probably Thracian. The stele is likely originally to have come from Rome.
Category: Antiquities
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