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Denarius

Object Number:29-126-679
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Republican Roman
Provenience: Mediterranean
Manufacture Location: Italy
Maker: Publius Laeca
Period: Republican Roman Period
Date Made: 90BC
Early Date: -90
Late Date: -90
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Silver
Iconography:Roma
Warrior
Credit Line:Received from various sources, pre-1929
Other Number:S. 571 - Other Number

Description

Helmeted head of Roma r.; above ROMA; behind, P·LÆCA downwards; X below chin, border of dots. Roman warrior stg. l. with r. hand raised between togate figure to l., gesturing with l. hand and attendant with one rod in r. hand and two rods in l. hand, to r.; in ex., PROVOCO; border of dots.

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Crawford, Michael. 1974. Roman Republican Coinage.. London. Cambridge University Press. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 301.1View Objects related to this Type Citation
[Catalogue, Collection] Grueber, Herbert A. 1910. Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum, vol. 2. Coinages of Rome (continued), Roman Campania, Italy, the Social War, and the Provinces.. London. The British Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 301, no. 651View Objects related to this

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