Denarius
29-126-848
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-126-848 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Republican Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Sicily |
| Creator | Sextus Pompey |
| Period | Republican Roman Period |
| Date Made | 43-36BC |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Silver |
| Iconography | Pompey | Neptune |
| Description | Head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great) r.; behind, jug; before, lituus [off flan]; around clockwise, MAG·PIVS·IMP·ITER; border of dots. Neptune standing l., wearing diadem, holding aplustre in r. hand and cloak over l. arm; placing r. foot on prow; on either side, one of the Catanaean brothers, bearing his father on his shoulders; above, PRAEF (AE monogram); in exergue CLAS·ET·ORAE (AE monogram) MAR IT·EX·S·C (MAR monogram); border of dots. |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number | S. 1344 - Other Number |
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