The contorniate medallions and the Circus Maximus universe (Rome, 350-430 ap. J.-C.)
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Contorniate in the name and portrait of Honorius; at the reverse, Eugénius and its horses (BnF, MMA, Fonds Général 17342) Cycle Italy: The contorniate medallions and the Circus Maximus universe (Rome, 350-430 ap. J.-C.) Bronze medallions known as ‘contorniates’ are thus named according to Italian (contorniati) because, surrounded by a deep path and a hammer on their circumference, they appear to have been made by means of a metal tower. These monetiform objects, mostly FRAP...