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Stamped Amphora Handle

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L.Q.S. is L. Q(uintius) S(ecundus), whose stamps are found widely in the western Mediterranean.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics George J. Pfeiffer and Rachel Hartwell Pfeiffer Cambridge MA (by 1905) gift; to the Department of the Classics Harvard University Cambridge MA (1905-1977) transfer; to the Fogg Museum 1977. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection
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Title: Stamped Amphora Handle
Description:
L.
Q.
S.
is L.
Q(uintius) S(ecundus), whose stamps are found widely in the western Mediterranean.

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