Coin: ar denarius

Museum number:
8-8037
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8-4453b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.147
Object count:
1
Description:
Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.72 gr. (C.Serveilius M.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma; behind, laurel wreath; below, star ROMA . Reverse: Dioscuri riding in opposite directions, but heads turned facing one another. They hold inverted spears. In exergue C.SERVEIL(I)M.F.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Roman Republic
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
06/08/1904
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Castor and Pollux (Greek and Roman deities) and Roma (Roman diety)
Inscription:
Obverse legend: [untranscribable symbol] ROMA and Reverse exergue: C.SERVEIL(I)M.F.
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Denarii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
110-108 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 20.5 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8037, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.72 gr. (C.Serveilius M.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma; behind, laurel wreath; below, star ROMA . Reverse: Dioscuri riding in opposite directions, but heads turned facing one another. They hold inverted spears. In exergue C.SERVEIL(I)M.F.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8037, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.72 gr. (C.Serveilius M.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma; behind, laurel wreath; below, star ROMA . Reverse: Dioscuri riding in opposite directions, but heads turned facing one another. They hold inverted spears. In exergue C.SERVEIL(I)M.F.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8037, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.72 gr. (C.Serveilius M.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma; behind, laurel wreath; below, star ROMA . Reverse: Dioscuri riding in opposite directions, but heads turned facing one another. They hold inverted spears. In exergue C.SERVEIL(I)M.F.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8037, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.72 gr. (C.Serveilius M.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma; behind, laurel wreath; below, star ROMA . Reverse: Dioscuri riding in opposite directions, but heads turned facing one another. They hold inverted spears. In exergue C.SERVEIL(I)M.F.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8037, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.72 gr. (C.Serveilius M.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma; behind, laurel wreath; below, star ROMA . Reverse: Dioscuri riding in opposite directions, but heads turned facing one another. They hold inverted spears. In exergue C.SERVEIL(I)M.F.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8037, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.72 gr. (C.Serveilius M.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma; behind, laurel wreath; below, star ROMA . Reverse: Dioscuri riding in opposite directions, but heads turned facing one another. They hold inverted spears. In exergue C.SERVEIL(I)M.F.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8037, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.72 gr. (C.Serveilius M.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma; behind, laurel wreath; below, star ROMA . Reverse: Dioscuri riding in opposite directions, but heads turned facing one another. They hold inverted spears. In exergue C.SERVEIL(I)M.F.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8037, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.72 gr. (C.Serveilius M.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma; behind, laurel wreath; below, star ROMA . Reverse: Dioscuri riding in opposite directions, but heads turned facing one another. They hold inverted spears. In exergue C.SERVEIL(I)M.F.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8037, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.72 gr. (C.Serveilius M.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma; behind, laurel wreath; below, star ROMA . Reverse: Dioscuri riding in opposite directions, but heads turned facing one another. They hold inverted spears. In exergue C.SERVEIL(I)M.F.

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