Cistophorus of Mark Antony

39 BCE (Roman Republican) Max diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.85 cm); axis 1:00 Citation

Obverse: Head of Mark Antony, right, laureate; lituus (ceremonial trumpet) below; border wreath of ivy and flowers. Reverse: Head of Octavia, right, over cista (basket), flanked by snakes.There are explicitly Bacchic references present on this coin. The cista with snakes was a...

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31118
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object
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normalized
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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Roman
माध्यम
silver; struck
विधा
coins

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