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Coin: ar denarius
Museum number:
8-4352
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004352
Accession number:
Acc.147
Object count:
1
Description:
Coin; AR; Denarius; Roman. 3.23 grams, 19 mm. Plautilla, 202-205 AD. Rome, Italy. Obverse: PLATVTILLA AVGVSTA Head right. Reverse: VENVS VICTORIX Venus (Greek: Aphrodite) left with palm and shield; cupid (Greek: Eros) at her feet.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy
Production place:
Rome (ancient city)
Culture or time period:
Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Lapeysonie
Materials:
Silver alloy
Person depicted:
Plautilla (Empress, consort of Caracalla) and Venus (Roman deity)
Inscription:
PLATVTILLA AVGVSTA and VENVS VICTORIX
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Denarii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
202-205 AD
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
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