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Denarius

Object Number:29-126-618
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Republican Roman
Provenience: Mediterranean
Manufacture Location: Rome (Italy)
Maker: Marcus Papirius Carbo
Period: Republican Roman Period
Date Made: 150-125BC
Early Date: -150
Late Date: -125
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Silver
Iconography:Roma
Quadriga
Credit Line:Received from various sources, pre-1929
Other Number:S. 423 - Other Number

Description

Helmeted head of Roma, r., branch behind, X under chin, border of dots. Jupiter in quadriga r. holding reins and scepter in right, throwing thunderbolt with left, below M·CARBO, in ex., ROMA, line border

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Crawford, Michael. 1974. Roman Republican Coinage.. London. Cambridge University Press. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 276.1View Objects related to this Type Citation
[Catalogue, Collection] Grueber, Herbert 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. 252, no. 472View Objects related to this

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