Denarius
29-126-872
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-126-872 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Republican Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Rome (Italy) |
Creator | Manius Cordius Rufus |
Period | Republican Roman Period |
Date Made | 46BC |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Silver |
Iconography | Manius Cordius Rufus | Venus Verticordia |
Description | Jugate heads of Dioscuri r., wearing laureate pilei decorated with fillets; around counter-clockwise, RVFVS·IIIVIR; border of dots. Venus standing l., holding scales in r. hand and scepter in l. hand, with Cupid perched on shoulder; behind, MN·CORDIVS (MN monogram) downwards; border of dots. |
Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
Other Number | S. 976c - Other Number |
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