Coin: æ

Museum number:

8-7855

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21080007855

Accession number:

Acc.892

Object count:

1

Description:

Coin: As. Æ. 18.55 gr. Black patination; fragmented, very worn. (’Uncial standard’) Obverse: Head of Janus. Reverse: Prow facing right; above, [untranscribable symbol] or [untranscribable symbol].

Donor:

University of California Library

Collection place:

Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy

Culture or time period:

Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)

Materials:

Bronze (metal)

Person depicted:

Janus (Roman diety)

Object type:

archaeology

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

108-90 BC

Accession date:

1946

Department:

Classical Mediterranean

Dimensions:

weight 18.55 grams

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