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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
TWO PATINATED-BRONZE ROMAN VICTORY COLUMNS
POSSIBLY ITALIAN, MID-19TH CENTURY
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TWO PATINATED-BRONZE ROMAN VICTORY COLUMNS
POSSIBLY ITALIAN, MID-19TH CENTURY
Each in the form of a column cast overall with a continuous procession of figures and surmounted by a figure, the larger after the Column to Antoninus Pius and inscribed 'DIVO ANTONINO AVG PIO / ANTONINVS AVGVSTVSET / VERVS AVGVSTVS FILI', the shorter after Trajan's column and inscribed 'SENATVS.POPVLVSQVE.ROMANVS / IMP.CAES.DIVI.NERVAE.F / TRAIANO.AVG.GERM.DACICO.PONT / MAXIMO.TRIB.POT.XVII.IMP.VI.COS.VI.P.P / AD.DECLARANDVM.QVANTAE.ALTITVDINIS / MONS.ET.LOCVS.TANTIS.OPERIBVS.SIT.EGESTVS', each on a stepped white marble base
Antoninus Pius' Column: 35 ¼ in. (89 cm.) high, overall
Trajan's Column: 34 ½ in. (87.5 cm.) high, overall
POSSIBLY ITALIAN, MID-19TH CENTURY
Each in the form of a column cast overall with a continuous procession of figures and surmounted by a figure, the larger after the Column to Antoninus Pius and inscribed 'DIVO ANTONINO AVG PIO / ANTONINVS AVGVSTVSET / VERVS AVGVSTVS FILI', the shorter after Trajan's column and inscribed 'SENATVS.POPVLVSQVE.ROMANVS / IMP.CAES.DIVI.NERVAE.F / TRAIANO.AVG.GERM.DACICO.PONT / MAXIMO.TRIB.POT.XVII.IMP.VI.COS.VI.P.P / AD.DECLARANDVM.QVANTAE.ALTITVDINIS / MONS.ET.LOCVS.TANTIS.OPERIBVS.SIT.EGESTVS', each on a stepped white marble base
Antoninus Pius' Column: 35 ¼ in. (89 cm.) high, overall
Trajan's Column: 34 ½ in. (87.5 cm.) high, overall
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