Denarius

29-126-861

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-126-861
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Republican Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Rome (Italy)
Creator Caius Vibius Varus
Period Republican Roman Period
Date Made 38BC
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Bacchus | Panther
Description

Head of Liber r., wearing ivy-wreath; border of dots. Garlanded altar, on which rests mask and against which rests thyrsus; on r., panther springing up towards altar; in exergue, C·VIBIVS; on r., VARVS upwards; border of dots.

Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929
Other Number S. 1138 - Other Number

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