1. Coin: ar denarius Museum number: 8-5623 Culture or time period: Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC) Object class: Coins (money) and Denarii Function: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers and 7.6 Bogus Currency Production date: 187 BC Collector: H. M. Holbrook Collection place: Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy Collection date: unknown Person depicted: Castor and Pollux (Greek and Roman deities) and Roma (Roman diety)