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Coin: ar denarius
Museum number:
8-4672
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004672
Accession number:
Acc.184
Object count:
1
Description:
Coin; AR; Denarius; Roman. 3.74 grams, 19 mm. C. Norbanus, 80 BC. Obverse: Head of Venus diademed; below, C. NORBANVS; to left, XXXI. Reverse: Corn-ear, fasces with axes, caduceus.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Rome
Culture or time period:
Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Venus (Roman deity)
Inscription:
Obverse legend: C.NORBANVS
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Denarii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
80 BC
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 19 millimeters and weight 3.74 grams
Images:
Legacy documentation: