Coin
Denarius
| Object Number: | 29-126-823A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Rome Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Republican Roman |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location: | Eastern Mediterranean African |
| Maker: | C. Julius Caesar |
| Period: | Republican Roman Period |
| Date Made: | 48BC |
| Early Date: | -48 |
| Late Date: | -48 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Silver |
| Iconography: | Venus Aeneas |
| Outside Diameter: | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number: | S. 1013 - Other Number |
Description
Head of Venus r., wearing diadem; border of dots. Aeneas r., carrying palladium in r. hand and Anchises on l. shoulder; on r., CAESAR downwards; border of dots.
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. 458.1 | View 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. 469, no. 31ff | View Objects related to this |
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