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A roman sard intaglio. Facing ...

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A roman sard intaglio. Facing busts of young Marc Anthony and Octavia. The characters are very skilfully depicted, ... Читать далее
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A roman sard intaglio. Facing busts of young Marc Anthony and Octavia. The characters are very skilfully depicted, especially if we consider the dainty size of the work of art. The well-known facial features of the characters are reproduced with a remarkable precision and artistic sensibility, with specific accuracy in terms of not only face structures, but also hair details. Light wear marks and a chipping (nearly reaching the heads, but without damaging them) in the upper part of the bezel. Iconography of a remarkable historical interest and clearly inspired by coinage. The intaglio, ascribable to the second half of the 1st century b.C., can be most likely referred to the episode of the Treaty of Brundisium, entered into by the triumvirs Octavian, Marc Anthony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. According to the agreements reached in order to enter into the treaty, Marc Anthony married Octavia Minor, sister to Octavian. The iconography of this intaglio can be related to this specific situation, with a purpose of celebration and promotion. For the conjoined busts of Marc Anthony and Octavia on coins, see silver cistophori, Ephesus, 40-35 B.C. (RPC I, 2201-2202).
15 x 17 x 2 mm

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