Obverse: Triple conjoined portraits staggered in profile right. Reverse: The three members of the triumvirate at a table with a map dividing the Roman world between them.

Octavian (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus, the Members of the Official Three-Man Government Called the “Second Triumvirate,” formed in 43 B.C.

Germany , foundry unknown

About 1800

  • Titles Octavian (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus, the Members of the Official Three-Man Government Called the "Second Triumvirate," formed in 43 B.C. (Descriptive)
  • Medium cast iron
  • Dimensions 1 1/4 in. Diam., 8.6g (3.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1986.481.163
  • Work Type medal
  • Classification Medals

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