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Denarius

Object Number:29-126-630B
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Republican Roman
Provenience: Mediterranean
Manufacture Location: Rome (Italy)
Maker: Caius Aburius Geminus
Period: Republican Roman Period
Date Made: 124-103BC
Early Date: -124
Late Date: -103
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Silver
Iconography:Roma
Sol
Credit Line:Received from various sources, pre-1929
Other Number:S. 487 - Other Number

Description

Helmeted head of Roma r.; behind, GEM; under chin, *, border of dots. Sol in quadriga r., reins in left, whip in right; below horses M·ABURI, in ex. ROMA, border of dots.

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Crawford, Michael. 1974. Roman Republican Coinage.. London. Cambridge University Press. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 250.1View 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. 146, no. 995ffView Objects related to this

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