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Orichalcum as of Antoninus Pius in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Orichalcum as of Antoninus Pius  in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010
Title: Orichalchum as of Antoninus Pius

Medium; Technique: Bronze

Culture: Roman

Period: Mid-Imperial, Antonine

Date: A.D. 143–144

Classification: Coins

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908

Accession Number: 08.170.123


Description:

ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, head of emperor/IMPERATOR II S C, sow under oak tree suckling young—the scene illustrates the Roman myth about how Aeneas identified the site for his new city in Italy, Rome

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

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