Coin: ar didrachm

Museum number:
8-7854
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080007854
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin; didrachma; Silver; 20.7 mm; 6.3452 grms.; condition, excellent thought “off struck” to the left on obverse. Obverse: Janus head, laureate, in circle of dots. Reverse: ROMA (incuse); Jupiter in fast quadriga, facing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; behind, in quadriga, Victory.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Campania, Southern Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Campania, Italy
Culture or time period:
Roman Republic
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Janus (Roman diety)
Inscription:
ROMA
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Didrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
222-205 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 6.3452 grams
Loans:
S1974-1975 #8: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 5, 1973–November 19, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-7854, described as Coin; didrachma; Silver; 20.7 mm; 6.3452 grms.; condition, excellent thought “off struck” to the left on obverse. Obverse: Janus head, laureate, in circle of dots. Reverse: ROMA (incuse); Jupiter in fast quadriga, facing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; behind, in quadriga, Victory.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-7854, described as Coin; didrachma; Silver; 20.7 mm; 6.3452 grms.; condition, excellent thought “off struck” to the left on obverse. Obverse: Janus head, laureate, in circle of dots. Reverse: ROMA (incuse); Jupiter in fast quadriga, facing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; behind, in quadriga, Victory.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-7854, described as Coin; didrachma; Silver; 20.7 mm; 6.3452 grms.; condition, excellent thought “off struck” to the left on obverse. Obverse: Janus head, laureate, in circle of dots. Reverse: ROMA (incuse); Jupiter in fast quadriga, facing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; behind, in quadriga, Victory.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-7854, described as Coin; didrachma; Silver; 20.7 mm; 6.3452 grms.; condition, excellent thought “off struck” to the left on obverse. Obverse: Janus head, laureate, in circle of dots. Reverse: ROMA (incuse); Jupiter in fast quadriga, facing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; behind, in quadriga, Victory.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-7854, described as Coin; didrachma; Silver; 20.7 mm; 6.3452 grms.; condition, excellent thought “off struck” to the left on obverse. Obverse: Janus head, laureate, in circle of dots. Reverse: ROMA (incuse); Jupiter in fast quadriga, facing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; behind, in quadriga, Victory.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-7854, described as Coin; didrachma; Silver; 20.7 mm; 6.3452 grms.; condition, excellent thought “off struck” to the left on obverse. Obverse: Janus head, laureate, in circle of dots. Reverse: ROMA (incuse); Jupiter in fast quadriga, facing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; behind, in quadriga, Victory.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-7854, described as Coin; didrachma; Silver; 20.7 mm; 6.3452 grms.; condition, excellent thought “off struck” to the left on obverse. Obverse: Janus head, laureate, in circle of dots. Reverse: ROMA (incuse); Jupiter in fast quadriga, facing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; behind, in quadriga, Victory.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-7854, described as Coin; didrachma; Silver; 20.7 mm; 6.3452 grms.; condition, excellent thought “off struck” to the left on obverse. Obverse: Janus head, laureate, in circle of dots. Reverse: ROMA (incuse); Jupiter in fast quadriga, facing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; behind, in quadriga, Victory.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-7854, described as Coin; didrachma; Silver; 20.7 mm; 6.3452 grms.; condition, excellent thought “off struck” to the left on obverse. Obverse: Janus head, laureate, in circle of dots. Reverse: ROMA (incuse); Jupiter in fast quadriga, facing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; behind, in quadriga, Victory.

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