Coin: æ triens

Museum number:
8-5818
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005818
Accession number:
Acc.1029
Description:
Coin; Æ; aes grave; triens: size: 17 mm: weight: 18 grams. Obverse: Busts of the Dioskuri, jugate, r., wearing laur. pilei and chlanmydes: behind, uncertain object; border of dots. Reverse: Naked male figure (Asklepios?) standing l.; holding branch in r., rests with left upon knotted staff; inscr.:- (illegible).
Donor:
May Benton MacLafferty
Collection place:
Calabria, Southern Italy
Production place:
Rhegium (ancient Reggio Calabria)
Culture or time period:
Roman Republic
Collector:
May Benton MacLafferty
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Asclepius (Greek deity) and Castor and Pollux (Greek and Roman deities)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: illegible
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
203-89 BC
Accession date:
1951
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 4 grams and linear 17 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ triens, accession number 8-5818, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; triens: size: 17 mm: weight: 18 grams. Obverse: Busts of the Dioskuri, jugate, r., wearing laur. pilei and chlanmydes: behind, uncertain object; border of dots. Reverse: Naked male figure (Asklepios?) standing l.; holding branch in r., rests with left upon knotted staff; inscr.:- (illegible).Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ triens, accession number 8-5818, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; triens: size: 17 mm: weight: 18 grams. Obverse: Busts of the Dioskuri, jugate, r., wearing laur. pilei and chlanmydes: behind, uncertain object; border of dots. Reverse: Naked male figure (Asklepios?) standing l.; holding branch in r., rests with left upon knotted staff; inscr.:- (illegible).Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ triens, accession number 8-5818, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; triens: size: 17 mm: weight: 18 grams. Obverse: Busts of the Dioskuri, jugate, r., wearing laur. pilei and chlanmydes: behind, uncertain object; border of dots. Reverse: Naked male figure (Asklepios?) standing l.; holding branch in r., rests with left upon knotted staff; inscr.:- (illegible).Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ triens, accession number 8-5818, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; triens: size: 17 mm: weight: 18 grams. Obverse: Busts of the Dioskuri, jugate, r., wearing laur. pilei and chlanmydes: behind, uncertain object; border of dots. Reverse: Naked male figure (Asklepios?) standing l.; holding branch in r., rests with left upon knotted staff; inscr.:- (illegible).Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ triens, accession number 8-5818, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; triens: size: 17 mm: weight: 18 grams. Obverse: Busts of the Dioskuri, jugate, r., wearing laur. pilei and chlanmydes: behind, uncertain object; border of dots. Reverse: Naked male figure (Asklepios?) standing l.; holding branch in r., rests with left upon knotted staff; inscr.:- (illegible).Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ triens, accession number 8-5818, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; triens: size: 17 mm: weight: 18 grams. Obverse: Busts of the Dioskuri, jugate, r., wearing laur. pilei and chlanmydes: behind, uncertain object; border of dots. Reverse: Naked male figure (Asklepios?) standing l.; holding branch in r., rests with left upon knotted staff; inscr.:- (illegible).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ triens, accession number 8-5818, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; triens: size: 17 mm: weight: 18 grams. Obverse: Busts of the Dioskuri, jugate, r., wearing laur. pilei and chlanmydes: behind, uncertain object; border of dots. Reverse: Naked male figure (Asklepios?) standing l.; holding branch in r., rests with left upon knotted staff; inscr.:- (illegible).

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