Denarius

88-13-136

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 88-13-136
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Republican Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Rome (Italy)
Period Roman Republican Period
Date Made 63-62 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Bust | Venus | Laurel | Diadem | Cruciform | Earring | Necklace | Jug | Lituus | Trohi
Description

Obv: Bust of Venus r; dr; laur; diad; wearing curciform earring and necklace; hair in knot decorated with jewels, string of pearls at back; on 1., sceptre, S.C.

Rev: Three military trohi between jug (capis) and lituus; in ex., TAS

Outside Diameter 1.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Classical Studies, 1988
Other Number 81 - Other Number

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