Coin: ar denarius

Museum number:
8-8048
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080008048
Alternate number:
8-4470b (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.99 grams. Obverse: Head of young Hercules (Greek: Herakles) facing right, wearing lionskin. Reverse: Erymanthian boar running facing right; in exergue M.VOLTEI M.F. the whole within border of dots.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Rome (ancient city)
Production place:
Rome (ancient city)
Culture or time period:
Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety)
Inscription:
Reverse exergue: M.VOLTEI.M.[F.]
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Denarii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
78 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 18.2 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8048, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.99 grams. Obverse: Head of young Hercules (Greek: Herakles) facing right, wearing lionskin. Reverse: Erymanthian boar running facing right; in exergue M.VOLTEI M.F. the whole within border of dots.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8048, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.99 grams. Obverse: Head of young Hercules (Greek: Herakles) facing right, wearing lionskin. Reverse: Erymanthian boar running facing right; in exergue M.VOLTEI M.F. the whole within border of dots.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8048, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.99 grams. Obverse: Head of young Hercules (Greek: Herakles) facing right, wearing lionskin. Reverse: Erymanthian boar running facing right; in exergue M.VOLTEI M.F. the whole within border of dots.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8048, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.99 grams. Obverse: Head of young Hercules (Greek: Herakles) facing right, wearing lionskin. Reverse: Erymanthian boar running facing right; in exergue M.VOLTEI M.F. the whole within border of dots.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8048, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.99 grams. Obverse: Head of young Hercules (Greek: Herakles) facing right, wearing lionskin. Reverse: Erymanthian boar running facing right; in exergue M.VOLTEI M.F. the whole within border of dots.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8048, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.99 grams. Obverse: Head of young Hercules (Greek: Herakles) facing right, wearing lionskin. Reverse: Erymanthian boar running facing right; in exergue M.VOLTEI M.F. the whole within border of dots.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8048, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.99 grams. Obverse: Head of young Hercules (Greek: Herakles) facing right, wearing lionskin. Reverse: Erymanthian boar running facing right; in exergue M.VOLTEI M.F. the whole within border of dots.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8048, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.99 grams. Obverse: Head of young Hercules (Greek: Herakles) facing right, wearing lionskin. Reverse: Erymanthian boar running facing right; in exergue M.VOLTEI M.F. the whole within border of dots.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8048, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 3.99 grams. Obverse: Head of young Hercules (Greek: Herakles) facing right, wearing lionskin. Reverse: Erymanthian boar running facing right; in exergue M.VOLTEI M.F. the whole within border of dots.

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