Coin: ar denarius

Museum number:

8-8046

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Alternate number:

8-4467b (previous museum number (recataloged from))

Accession number:

Acc.147

Object count:

1

Description:

Coin. Silver Denarius. 4.20 grams. 20 mm. Dies aligned. Obverse: Head of Apollo facing right, laureate; below chin, a Greek letter with two dots: Y? . On left, PANSA. Reverse; Minerva (Greek: Athena) in quadriga facing right, holding scepter in right hand and spear and reins in left; in exergue, C.VIBIVS C.F.

Donor:

Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé

Collection place:

Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy

Verbatim coll. place:

Rome

Production place:

Auxillary Italian Mint B

Culture or time period:

Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)

Collector:

Alfred Emerson

Materials:

Silver (metal)

Person depicted:

Apollo (Greek and Roman diety) and Minerva (Roman diety)

Inscription:

Reverse exergue: C.VIBIVS C.F. and Obverse legend: PANSA

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Coins (money), Denarii, and Minerva

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

ca. 89-87 BC

Accession date:

1904

Department:

Classical Mediterranean

Dimensions:

weight 4.2 grams and linear 20 millimeters

Images:

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