Coin: ar denarius

Museum number:
8-4391a
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8-8337 (museum number (recataloged to))
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin. Roman. AR [AE?] denarius (3.10 grams; 19 mm). Diocletian (284-305) - Mint. Obverse DIOCLETIANVS AVG Head facing right, laureate. Reverse: VIRTVS MILITVM [Struck out] “Two soldiers greeting two other others before gate of walled city” [or the tetrarchy]; in exergue, C.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Culture or time period:
Diocletian and the Tetrarchy (285–313 AD)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Lapeysonie
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Diocletian (Emperor of Rome)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Denarii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
284-305 AD
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1964-1965 #95: Art Department (UC Berkeley) (May 10, 1965–June 15, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-4391a, described as Coin. Roman. AR [AE?] denarius (3.10 grams; 19 mm). Diocletian (284-305) - Mint. Obverse DIOCLETIANVS AVG Head facing right, laureate. Reverse: VIRTVS MILITVM [Struck out] “Two soldiers greeting two other others before gate of walled city” [or the tetrarchy]; in exergue, C.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-4391a, described as Coin. Roman. AR [AE?] denarius (3.10 grams; 19 mm). Diocletian (284-305) - Mint. Obverse DIOCLETIANVS AVG Head facing right, laureate. Reverse: VIRTVS MILITVM [Struck out] “Two soldiers greeting two other others before gate of walled city” [or the tetrarchy]; in exergue, C.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-4391a, described as Coin. Roman. AR [AE?] denarius (3.10 grams; 19 mm). Diocletian (284-305) - Mint. Obverse DIOCLETIANVS AVG Head facing right, laureate. Reverse: VIRTVS MILITVM [Struck out] “Two soldiers greeting two other others before gate of walled city” [or the tetrarchy]; in exergue, C.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-4391a, described as Coin. Roman. AR [AE?] denarius (3.10 grams; 19 mm). Diocletian (284-305) - Mint. Obverse DIOCLETIANVS AVG Head facing right, laureate. Reverse: VIRTVS MILITVM [Struck out] “Two soldiers greeting two other others before gate of walled city” [or the tetrarchy]; in exergue, C.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-4391a, described as Coin. Roman. AR [AE?] denarius (3.10 grams; 19 mm). Diocletian (284-305) - Mint. Obverse DIOCLETIANVS AVG Head facing right, laureate. Reverse: VIRTVS MILITVM [Struck out] “Two soldiers greeting two other others before gate of walled city” [or the tetrarchy]; in exergue, C.

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