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Cistophorus with busts of Marc Anthony and Octavia
Roman Provincial
Republican Period
about 39 B.C.
Mint: Asia: Ionia, Ephesus (?)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 12.10 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number69.30
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Jugate busts of Anthony and Octavia, right. He wears wreath of ivy.
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Reverse: Draped figure of Bacchus stands, left, on cista mystica, holding two handled vase in right hand, thyrsos in left. Coiled snake rears upward on each side.
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Reverse: Draped figure of Bacchus stands, left, on cista mystica, holding two handled vase in right hand, thyrsos in left. Coiled snake rears upward on each side.
III.VIR. R.P.C.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Byron Zoumboulakis, 8 Place de la Taconnerie, Geneva, Switzerland; April 10, 1969: purchased by MFA from Byron Zoumboulakis