Coin; AR; Didrachm; Roman. condition, excellent but “off struck” toward bottom of obverse, oval. 6.6399 grams, 20.8 mm. Obverse: Janus head, laureate, in circle of dots. Reverse: ROMA (incuse); Jupiter in fast quadriga, right, hurling tunderbolt and holding septre; behind, in quadriga , Victory.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Paris, Ile-De-France, Île-de-France
Verbatim coll. place:
from E. Hambar in Paris
Culture or time period:
Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Eugene Hambar
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Inscription:
ROMA
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Didrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
222-205 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 6.6399 grams and linear 20.8 millimeters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #8: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 5, 1973–November 19, 1974)