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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.176.55
People
Issued by Marc Antony, Roman (83-30 BCE)
Title
Cistophorus of Marc Antony, Ephesus?
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
39 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Ephesos (Ionia)
Period
Roman Republican period
Culture
Roman Republican
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/181143

Physical Descriptions

Medium
silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
11.56 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
cistophorus
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: Around, clockwise, M.ANTONIVS.IMP.COS.DESIG.ITER.ET.TERT
  • Reverse Inscription: To l., III.VIR. downwards; to r., R.P.C. upwards

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RPC 2201

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.176.55
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Antony r., wearing ivy wreath; below, lituus; all within wreath of ivy leaves and flowers; around, X
Reverse: Cista mystica surmounted by bust of Octavia r.; on either side, twisting snake.

Verification Level

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