Denarius
| Object Number: | 29-126-659 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Republican Roman |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location: | Rome (Italy) |
| Maker: | Lucius Aurelius Cota |
| Period: | Republican Roman Period |
| Date Made: | 91BC |
| Early Date: | -91 |
| Late Date: | -91 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Silver |
| Iconography: | Vulcan Eagle |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number: | S. 577 - Other Number |
Description
Head of Vulcan r., draped and wearing cap bound with laurel-wreath.; behind, * and pincers; under chin, control-mark c; whole in wreath, border of dots. Eagle stg. r., head l., on top of thunderbolt; in ex., L.COT; whole in laurel wreath, border of dots.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Wegner, Jennifer H., and Wegner, Josef W. 2015. The Sphinx That Traveled To Philadelphia.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. pg. 239 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 138, 6.47 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue] Crawford, Michael. 1974. Roman Republican Coinage.. London. Cambridge University Press. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 314.1b | View 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: no. 1296ff | View Objects related to this |
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