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Source Description
Obverse: Head of Augustus, bare, right; solid border. Reverse: Shrine with open door revealing legionary vexillum (military standard) within; solid border.
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Document identity
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5650
label
Cistophorus of Augustus
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obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
5650
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Cistophorus of Augustus
description
Obverse: Head of Augustus, bare, right; solid border. Reverse: Shrine with open door revealing legionary vexillum (military standard) within; solid border.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19-18 BCE (Early Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
coins
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Max diam: 1 in. (2.61 cm); axis: 12:00
Source extras
cul
Roman
inscriptions
[Inscription
Latin; obverse] IMP(erator) IX TR(ibunicia) PO(testas) V [Translation] Imperator nine times
tribunician power five times [Inscription
Latin; reverse] MART(i) VLTO(re) [Translation] To Mars the Avenger
med
silver; struck
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6191
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ROM
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exhibition_ids
2506
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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c5cea33f957899c1
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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b80d85b409ee481c
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no
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no