Denarius

29-126-872

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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