Desultores, Pietro Santi Bartoli, Antiche Lucerne Sepolcrali, 1691, image 24, Pietro Santi Bartoli

"the annexed wood cut shows three figures of desultores, one from a bronze lamp, published by bartoli (antiche lucerne sepolcrali, i. 24), the others from coins. In all these the rider wears a pileus, or cap of felt, and his horse is without a saddle; but these examples prove that he had the use both of the whip and the rein. On the coins we also observe the wreath and palm-branch as ensign of victory. ".