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Denarius

Object Number:29-126-662A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Republican Roman
Provenience: Mediterranean
Manufacture Location: Rome (Italy)
Maker: Marcus Herennius
Period: Republican Roman Period
Date Made: 91BC
Early Date: -91
Late Date: -91
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Silver
Iconography:Pietas
Youth
Credit Line:Received from various sources, pre-1929
Other Number:S. 567a - Other Number

Description

Head of Pietas, r., wearing diadem; behind, PIETAS downwards; border of dots. One of the Catanaean brothers running r., bearing his father on his shoulders; on left., M·HERENNI downwards; on r. control mark F; border of dots.

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Crawford, Michael. 1974. Roman Republican Coinage.. London. Cambridge University Press. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 308.1bView Objects related to this Type Citation
[Catalogue, Collection] Grueber, Herbert A. 1910. Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum: vol. 1. Aes rude, aes signatum, aes grave, and coinage of Rome from BC 268.. London. The British Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 197, no. 1258ffView Objects related to this

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