Coin: æ as

Museum number:
8-7843
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080007843
Alternate number:
8-3971d (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Coin; Æ; aes grave; as. 32.18 grams. Yellow-green patina. (’Sextantal standard’)? Obverse: Head of Janus. Reverse: Prow facing right; above, small prow or rostrum? Below, ROMA.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Rome
Culture or time period:
Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Janus (Roman diety)
Inscription:
ROMA
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
217-197 BC
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 32.18 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7843, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; as. 32.18 grams. Yellow-green patina. (’Sextantal standard’)? Obverse: Head of Janus. Reverse: Prow facing right; above, small prow or rostrum? Below, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7843, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; as. 32.18 grams. Yellow-green patina. (’Sextantal standard’)? Obverse: Head of Janus. Reverse: Prow facing right; above, small prow or rostrum? Below, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7843, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; as. 32.18 grams. Yellow-green patina. (’Sextantal standard’)? Obverse: Head of Janus. Reverse: Prow facing right; above, small prow or rostrum? Below, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7843, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; as. 32.18 grams. Yellow-green patina. (’Sextantal standard’)? Obverse: Head of Janus. Reverse: Prow facing right; above, small prow or rostrum? Below, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7843, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; as. 32.18 grams. Yellow-green patina. (’Sextantal standard’)? Obverse: Head of Janus. Reverse: Prow facing right; above, small prow or rostrum? Below, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7843, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; as. 32.18 grams. Yellow-green patina. (’Sextantal standard’)? Obverse: Head of Janus. Reverse: Prow facing right; above, small prow or rostrum? Below, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7843, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; as. 32.18 grams. Yellow-green patina. (’Sextantal standard’)? Obverse: Head of Janus. Reverse: Prow facing right; above, small prow or rostrum? Below, ROMA.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7843, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; as. 32.18 grams. Yellow-green patina. (’Sextantal standard’)? Obverse: Head of Janus. Reverse: Prow facing right; above, small prow or rostrum? Below, ROMA.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7843, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; as. 32.18 grams. Yellow-green patina. (’Sextantal standard’)? Obverse: Head of Janus. Reverse: Prow facing right; above, small prow or rostrum? Below, ROMA.

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