Coin: ar denarius

Museum number:

8-8051

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Alternate number:

8-4492b (previous museum number (recataloged from))

Accession number:

Acc.147

Object count:

1

Description:

Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.87 gr. 19 mm. (C.Plutius) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right. On left, [X]. Reverse: Dioscuri riding facing right, surmounted by stars. Below, C.PLVT(I); in exergue, ROM(A).

Donor:

Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé

Collection place:

Rome (ancient city)

Verbatim coll. place:

Rome?

Production place:

Rome (ancient city)

Culture or time period:

Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)

Collector:

Alfred Emerson

Materials:

Silver (metal)

Person depicted:

Castor and Pollux (Greek and Roman deities) and Roma (Roman diety)

Inscription:

C.PLVT(I) and Reverse exergue: ROMA

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Coins (money) and Denarii

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

137-134 BC

Accession date:

1904

Department:

Classical Mediterranean

Dimensions:

weight 3.87 grams and linear 19 millimeters

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