Coin, Didrachm - 29-126-601 | Collections

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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)

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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