Coin: ar denarius

Museum number:
8-8042
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8-4463b (museum number (recataloged to))
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin. Silver Denarius. 4.18 grams. Obverse: Head of young Bacchus facing right, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes. Reverse: Pegasus facing right, on tablet inscribed “Q.TITI”.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
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:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Dionysus/Bacchus (Greek and Roman deity) and Pegasus (Greek deity)
Inscription:
ption on coin: Q.TITI
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Denarii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
88 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 4.18 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8042, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 4.18 grams. Obverse: Head of young Bacchus facing right, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes. Reverse: Pegasus facing right, on tablet inscribed “Q.TITI”.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8042, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 4.18 grams. Obverse: Head of young Bacchus facing right, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes. Reverse: Pegasus facing right, on tablet inscribed “Q.TITI”.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8042, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 4.18 grams. Obverse: Head of young Bacchus facing right, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes. Reverse: Pegasus facing right, on tablet inscribed “Q.TITI”.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8042, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 4.18 grams. Obverse: Head of young Bacchus facing right, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes. Reverse: Pegasus facing right, on tablet inscribed “Q.TITI”.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8042, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 4.18 grams. Obverse: Head of young Bacchus facing right, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes. Reverse: Pegasus facing right, on tablet inscribed “Q.TITI”.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8042, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 4.18 grams. Obverse: Head of young Bacchus facing right, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes. Reverse: Pegasus facing right, on tablet inscribed “Q.TITI”.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8042, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 4.18 grams. Obverse: Head of young Bacchus facing right, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes. Reverse: Pegasus facing right, on tablet inscribed “Q.TITI”.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8042, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 4.18 grams. Obverse: Head of young Bacchus facing right, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes. Reverse: Pegasus facing right, on tablet inscribed “Q.TITI”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar denarius, accession number 8-8042, described as Coin. Silver Denarius. 4.18 grams. Obverse: Head of young Bacchus facing right, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes. Reverse: Pegasus facing right, on tablet inscribed “Q.TITI”.

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