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Object Number:29-126-937
Current Location: Rome Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Imperial Roman
Provenience: Mediterranean
Manufacture Location: Rome (Italy)
Maker: Vespasian
Period: Vespasian
Date Made: 69-71 CE
Early Date: 69
Late Date: 71
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Gold
Iconography:Head
Jewess
Trophy
Inscription Language:Latin
Outside Diameter:1.8 cm
Credit Line:Received from various sources, pre-1929

Description

Vespasian AV IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Head r., laur. IVDAEA Jewess seated r. on ground; behind her, trophy.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

The Classical World: Rome ( Apr 1958 - 1975) View Objects in Exhibition
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. 42, no. 62View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Sydenham, Edward A., and Mattingly, Harold. 1923. The Roman Imperial Coinage. v. 2. Vespasian to Hadrian.. London. Spink & Son. Vol. 2. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 16, no. 15View Objects related to this

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