Coin: ar denarius

Museum number:
8-7545
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8-4335b (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin. Silver Denarius. Roman. (3.21 grams; 19 mm). Titus Caesar, 79 AD. Rome. Obverse: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS - Head of Titus facing right, laureate. Reverse: TR.POT VIII COS VII - Slow quadriga facing left with round basket-like ear [?] in which there are three ears of corn.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Rome (ancient city)
Verbatim coll. place:
Struck under Vespasian
Production place:
Rome (ancient city)
Culture or time period:
Flavian Dynasty (69–96 AD)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Titus (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
Obverse legend: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS and Reverse legend: TR.POT VIII COS VII
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Denarii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
79 AD
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-7545, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. Roman. (3.21 grams; 19 mm). Titus Caesar, 79 AD. Rome. Obverse: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS - Head of Titus facing right, laureate. Reverse: TR.POT VIII COS VII - Slow quadriga facing left with round basket-like ear [?] in which there are three ears of corn.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-7545, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. Roman. (3.21 grams; 19 mm). Titus Caesar, 79 AD. Rome. Obverse: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS - Head of Titus facing right, laureate. Reverse: TR.POT VIII COS VII - Slow quadriga facing left with round basket-like ear [?] in which there are three ears of corn.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-7545, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. Roman. (3.21 grams; 19 mm). Titus Caesar, 79 AD. Rome. Obverse: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS - Head of Titus facing right, laureate. Reverse: TR.POT VIII COS VII - Slow quadriga facing left with round basket-like ear [?] in which there are three ears of corn.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-7545, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. Roman. (3.21 grams; 19 mm). Titus Caesar, 79 AD. Rome. Obverse: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS - Head of Titus facing right, laureate. Reverse: TR.POT VIII COS VII - Slow quadriga facing left with round basket-like ear [?] in which there are three ears of corn.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-7545, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. Roman. (3.21 grams; 19 mm). Titus Caesar, 79 AD. Rome. Obverse: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS - Head of Titus facing right, laureate. Reverse: TR.POT VIII COS VII - Slow quadriga facing left with round basket-like ear [?] in which there are three ears of corn.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-7545, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. Roman. (3.21 grams; 19 mm). Titus Caesar, 79 AD. Rome. Obverse: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS - Head of Titus facing right, laureate. Reverse: TR.POT VIII COS VII - Slow quadriga facing left with round basket-like ear [?] in which there are three ears of corn.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-7545, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. Roman. (3.21 grams; 19 mm). Titus Caesar, 79 AD. Rome. Obverse: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS - Head of Titus facing right, laureate. Reverse: TR.POT VIII COS VII - Slow quadriga facing left with round basket-like ear [?] in which there are three ears of corn.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-7545, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. Roman. (3.21 grams; 19 mm). Titus Caesar, 79 AD. Rome. Obverse: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS - Head of Titus facing right, laureate. Reverse: TR.POT VIII COS VII - Slow quadriga facing left with round basket-like ear [?] in which there are three ears of corn.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-7545, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. Roman. (3.21 grams; 19 mm). Titus Caesar, 79 AD. Rome. Obverse: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS - Head of Titus facing right, laureate. Reverse: TR.POT VIII COS VII - Slow quadriga facing left with round basket-like ear [?] in which there are three ears of corn.

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