Capital with trophies and Victoriae

Composite order, fantastic style. It is a rare and almost unique specimen of this class of sculpture. In the centre is a trophy of Gallic arms and on either side a woman with dishevelled hair and mournful countenance. A similar trophy occurs on the opposite side flanked by two prisoners with their arms bound behind their backs. The abacus is supported by winged victories, one at each of the four angles, holding a loose wreath. The work before us is evidently of the time of Septimius Severus, and probably was part of a trophy erected in his honour. The material is a kind of limestone called palombino. It has been much injured by fire.

Inv. nr. 14. Meas. 0.32 x 0.44 x 0.44.