Athens, Benaki Museum: Marble relief, Cyclades (Sifnos?) (early 19th century)

Constantine the Great with the Holy Cross is flanked by the Delphic column with serpents, on which stood the tripod of the battle of Plataeae, symbol of the Greek victory against the Persians, and the obelisk of Theodosius from the Byzantine hippodrome in Constantinople; its symbolism is heightened by a cryptographic 'magical' inscription.

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