Coin: ar denarius

Museum number:
8-8053
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8-4493b (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.65 grams. Serrate. (C.Poblicius Q.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right, wearing helmet with side feathers. Above, letter B; on left ROMA. Reverse: Hercules (Greek: Herakles) naked, standing facing left strangling Nemean lion. Above, letter B; on left bow and arrows in quiver; on right, C.POBLICI Q.F.; at hero’s feet, a club.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Rome (ancient city)
Verbatim coll. place:
Rome?
Production place:
Rome (ancient city)
Culture or time period:
Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety)
Inscription:
ROMA and C.POBLICI Q.F.
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Denarii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
81-77 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 3.65 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8053, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.65 grams. Serrate. (C.Poblicius Q.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right, wearing helmet with side feathers. Above, letter B; on left ROMA. Reverse: Hercules (Greek: Herakles) naked, standing facing left strangling Nemean lion. Above, letter B; on left bow and arrows in quiver; on right, C.POBLICI Q.F.; at hero’s feet, a club.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8053, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.65 grams. Serrate. (C.Poblicius Q.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right, wearing helmet with side feathers. Above, letter B; on left ROMA. Reverse: Hercules (Greek: Herakles) naked, standing facing left strangling Nemean lion. Above, letter B; on left bow and arrows in quiver; on right, C.POBLICI Q.F.; at hero’s feet, a club.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8053, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.65 grams. Serrate. (C.Poblicius Q.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right, wearing helmet with side feathers. Above, letter B; on left ROMA. Reverse: Hercules (Greek: Herakles) naked, standing facing left strangling Nemean lion. Above, letter B; on left bow and arrows in quiver; on right, C.POBLICI Q.F.; at hero’s feet, a club.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8053, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.65 grams. Serrate. (C.Poblicius Q.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right, wearing helmet with side feathers. Above, letter B; on left ROMA. Reverse: Hercules (Greek: Herakles) naked, standing facing left strangling Nemean lion. Above, letter B; on left bow and arrows in quiver; on right, C.POBLICI Q.F.; at hero’s feet, a club.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8053, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.65 grams. Serrate. (C.Poblicius Q.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right, wearing helmet with side feathers. Above, letter B; on left ROMA. Reverse: Hercules (Greek: Herakles) naked, standing facing left strangling Nemean lion. Above, letter B; on left bow and arrows in quiver; on right, C.POBLICI Q.F.; at hero’s feet, a club.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8053, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.65 grams. Serrate. (C.Poblicius Q.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right, wearing helmet with side feathers. Above, letter B; on left ROMA. Reverse: Hercules (Greek: Herakles) naked, standing facing left strangling Nemean lion. Above, letter B; on left bow and arrows in quiver; on right, C.POBLICI Q.F.; at hero’s feet, a club.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8053, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.65 grams. Serrate. (C.Poblicius Q.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right, wearing helmet with side feathers. Above, letter B; on left ROMA. Reverse: Hercules (Greek: Herakles) naked, standing facing left strangling Nemean lion. Above, letter B; on left bow and arrows in quiver; on right, C.POBLICI Q.F.; at hero’s feet, a club.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8053, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.65 grams. Serrate. (C.Poblicius Q.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right, wearing helmet with side feathers. Above, letter B; on left ROMA. Reverse: Hercules (Greek: Herakles) naked, standing facing left strangling Nemean lion. Above, letter B; on left bow and arrows in quiver; on right, C.POBLICI Q.F.; at hero’s feet, a club.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8053, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.65 grams. Serrate. (C.Poblicius Q.F.) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right, wearing helmet with side feathers. Above, letter B; on left ROMA. Reverse: Hercules (Greek: Herakles) naked, standing facing left strangling Nemean lion. Above, letter B; on left bow and arrows in quiver; on right, C.POBLICI Q.F.; at hero’s feet, a club.

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