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Denarius

Object Number:29-126-669B
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Republican Roman
Provenience: Mediterranean
Manufacture Location: Italy
Maker: Marcus Porcius Cato
Period: Republican Roman Period
Date Made: 90BC
Early Date: -90
Late Date: -90
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Silver
Iconography:Victory
Credit Line:Received from various sources, pre-1929
Other Number:S. 596 - Other Number

Description

Female bust (Roma?) r., draped, hair tied with band; behind ROMA [partially off flan]; below M·CATO (AT monogram) [off flan; border of dots. Victory seated r., holding patera in r. and palm branch in l. resting on l. shoulder; in exergue VICTRIX (TR monogram); border of dots.

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Crawford, Michael. 1974. Roman Republican Coinage.. London. Cambridge University Press. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 343.1bView Objects related to this Type Citation

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