Exempla antiqua

Medallion. ca. 2nd-3rd c. AD.

From http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/gladiators/polliceverso.html

at the top of the medallion [Médaillon de Cavillargues] there is the inscription STANTES MISSI, “released standing,” signifying missio or release from the arena for the two combatants, who are identified by placards in the background as Xantus, victor in fifteen contests, and Eros, victor in sixteen. The medallion, which depicts a contest between a retiarius and a secutor, dates to the late second or early third century AD and is in the Musée Archéologique (Nîmes).

http://www.maquetland.com/article-phototheque/8858-vie-quotidienne-oscillum-terre-cuite-cavillargues-nimes

http://www.amphi-theatrum.de/1889.html