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Augustus. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Denarius (3.88 gm). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Caesaraugusta mint. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / DIVVS IVLIV[S], comet of eight rays with tail upward. RIC I 37a; BMCRE 323; RSC 98.

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Selection 9 (7.27-30)

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19-18 BC

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Roman

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CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / DIVVS IVLIV[S], comet of eight rays with tail upward

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Dionysis in triumph, chariot drawn by tigers

Mosaic of Dionysus (Roman Bacchus) standing in a chariot drawn by two tigers. Dionysus is dressed in a long chiton, with a cloak of what looks like fawn skin draped over his left arm and shoulder. He holds the reins in his left hand and a thyrsus in his right. Behind him is a nude young man, perhaps Ampelos. They are both crowned with grapevines. Pictured behind the tigers walking beside the chariot is a third figure, possibly a satyr, wearing a fawn's skin and carrying a shepherd's crook in his left hand.

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Dionysis in triumph, chariot drawn by tigers (3rd c. AD). Roman mosaic from a grand home in Écija (Roman Astigi), Spain. Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla.

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Amores 1.2

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Ovid

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3rd century AD

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Roman

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