Gold aureus of Mark Antony

38 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 166
M ANTONIVS M F M N AVGVR IMP TIIRT, head of Mark Antony/COS DIISIGN ITIIR IIT TIIR III VIR R P C, head of Octavia

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Object Information
  • Title: Gold aureus of Mark Antony
  • Period: Late Republican
  • Date: 38 BCE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Gold
  • Dimensions: Diam.: 13/16 in. (2 cm)
  • Classification: Coins
  • Credit Line: Gift of Joseph H. Durkee, 1899
  • Object Number: 99.35.7
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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