Annexed is a woodcut engraved after an impression from an intaglio formerly in the hands of Signor Castellani, and now in private possession in England. The original, which is half the size of the cut, is a plasma of somewhat rude Roman workmanship. Its subject is unmistakable. It represents a victorious athlete (expressly designated as such by the palm branch placed in a prize jar at his side) who stands at his ease, with the left leg free, and his weight thrown on the right, while he winds the taenia about his head with both hands.

So far as I am aware, this is the first representation of the subject on a gem of which an engraving has ever been published. Only one other is known to exist, and that is on a stone of similar substance (plasma di smeraldo), formerly in the collection of a Mr. Currie. A cast of this was issued in the Impronte gemmarie of the Archaeological Institute, cent. VI. no. 73 (see Bull. dell' Inst. 1839, p. 111). It lacks the emblems of the palm branch and jar.