Coin: ar denarius

Museum number:

8-4683

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21080004683

Accession number:

Acc.184

Object count:

1

Description:

Coin; AR; Denarius; Roman. 3.90 grams, 19mm. L.Cassius Longinus, 52-50 BC. Obverse: Head of Vesta l, veiled and diademed; to right, two-handled cup. Reverse: Man standing l. togate, dropping tablet inscribed V into cista; to right, ONGIN.III(V)

Donor:

Alfred Emerson

Collection place:

Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy

Verbatim coll. place:

Rome

Culture or time period:

Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)

Collector:

Alfred Emerson

Materials:

Silver (metal)

Person depicted:

Vesta (Roman deity)

Inscription:

Reverse legend: ONGIN.III

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Coins (money) and Denarii

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

52-50 BC

Accession date:

1905

Department:

Classical Mediterranean

Dimensions:

linear 19 millimeters and weight 3.9 grams

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