Green bronze Roman stamp with an oval loop handle above a long rectangular base, on a grey background.

Bronze stamp

A green-patinated bronze stamp with an oval loop handle rising above a long rectangular base. The oval seal face carries an incised inscription, reversed for impression, and the surface shows mottled verdigris and wear against a plain grey backdrop.

Look closer: Faint green mottling and wear along the left end of the rectangular base.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 1st century CE
Medium: Bronze
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 4000 × 3000 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1930

1st century metalwork verdigris metropolitan museum early imperial roman bronze ce incised inscription ancient rome