Object Image

Bronze stamp

Unknown Artist

The stamp reads Veneris obsequentis, suggesting that it was used to mark products or property belonging to a temple dedicated to Venus the Propitious.

Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1924

1st–2nd century A.D.
Bronze
2.9 x 7.0cm
24.97.17
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018

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