Coin: ar denarius

Museum number:
8-8050
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8-4492a (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.91 grams, 19 mm. (C.Plutius) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right. On left, X. Reverse: Dioscuri riding facing right, surmounted by stars. Below C.PLVTI. In exergue, ROMA.
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:
Castor and Pollux (Greek and Roman deities) and Roma (Roman diety)
Inscription:
Reverse exergue: ROMA and C.PLVTI.
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Denarii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
137-134 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 19 millimeters and weight 3.91 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8050, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.91 grams, 19 mm. (C.Plutius) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right. On left, X. Reverse: Dioscuri riding facing right, surmounted by stars. Below C.PLVTI. In exergue, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8050, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.91 grams, 19 mm. (C.Plutius) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right. On left, X. Reverse: Dioscuri riding facing right, surmounted by stars. Below C.PLVTI. In exergue, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8050, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.91 grams, 19 mm. (C.Plutius) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right. On left, X. Reverse: Dioscuri riding facing right, surmounted by stars. Below C.PLVTI. In exergue, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8050, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.91 grams, 19 mm. (C.Plutius) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right. On left, X. Reverse: Dioscuri riding facing right, surmounted by stars. Below C.PLVTI. In exergue, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8050, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.91 grams, 19 mm. (C.Plutius) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right. On left, X. Reverse: Dioscuri riding facing right, surmounted by stars. Below C.PLVTI. In exergue, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8050, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.91 grams, 19 mm. (C.Plutius) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right. On left, X. Reverse: Dioscuri riding facing right, surmounted by stars. Below C.PLVTI. In exergue, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8050, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.91 grams, 19 mm. (C.Plutius) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right. On left, X. Reverse: Dioscuri riding facing right, surmounted by stars. Below C.PLVTI. In exergue, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8050, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.91 grams, 19 mm. (C.Plutius) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right. On left, X. Reverse: Dioscuri riding facing right, surmounted by stars. Below C.PLVTI. In exergue, ROMA.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8050, described as Coin, silver. Roman consular denarius. 3.91 grams, 19 mm. (C.Plutius) Obverse: Head of Roma facing right. On left, X. Reverse: Dioscuri riding facing right, surmounted by stars. Below C.PLVTI. In exergue, ROMA.

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