Chariot of the Sun.

Text: ALME SOL POSSIS NIHIL VRBE ROMA VISERE MAIVS. HOR.
O quickening Sun,
May nought be present to thy view
More great than Rome!

Extract from Horace, Carmen Saeculare 9-12
Alme Sol, curru nitido diem qui
promis et celas aliusque et idem
nasceris, possis nihil urbe Roma
visere maius!

O quickening Sun, yet ever new,
Lead'st out the day and bring'st it home,
May nought be present to thy view
More great than Rome!

Same text as AFA 491

A horse with four heads. The city of Rome in the horizon. The shining sun in upper left corner.

Michel 588, Sassone aerea 108, AFA 520

Date of issue: 1937

Face value: 80 c.

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Date created: 22/03/00 11:41:49