- Museum number:
- 8-1230
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080001230
- Accession number:
- Acc.8
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Coin; AE; Roman. Brownish patination. 18.72 grams. 109-108 BC. Orvieto, Italy. Obverse: Double head of Janus; above [1]. Reverse: Prow, r. with mast and sail; beside [1] underneath [ROMA].
- Donor:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection place:
- Orvieto, Umbria, Central Italy
- Culture or time period:
- Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)
- Collector:
- Arthur L. Frothingham
- Materials:
- Bronze (metal)
- Person depicted:
- Janus (Roman diety)
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money)
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 190-108 BC
- Accession date:
- February 4, 1902
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- weight 18.72 grams