Coin
Didrachm
| Object Number: | 29-126-601 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Rome Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Republican Roman |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location: | Campania Rome |
| Period: | Republican Roman Period |
| Date Made: | 290-240BC |
| Early Date: | -290 |
| Late Date: | -240 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Silver |
| Iconography: | Janus Head Jupiter |
| Outside Diameter: | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number: | Syd 64a - Other Number |
Description
Janiform head of Dioscuri, laur. with border of dots; Quadriga r. driven by Victory. Jupiter hurls thunderbolt with right and holds sceptre in left, ROMA in relief in linear frame below, within line border.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical World - Roman World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 61, no. 91 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue] Crawford, Michael. 1974. Roman Republican Coinage.. London. Cambridge University Press. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 28.3 | View Objects related to this Type Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Grueber, H. 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. 132, no. 78ff | View Objects related to this |
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