Denarius

29-126-786

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-126-786
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Republican Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Rome (Italy)
Creator Faustus Cornelius Sulla
Period Republican Roman Period
Date Made 62 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Bust | Diana | Sulla | Bocchus | Jugurtha
Inscription Language Latin
Description

Bust of Diana r., draped and wearing diadem; above crescent; behind lituus [illegible]; before FAVSTVS downwards; border of dots. Sulla seated l.; on l., Bocchus kneelng and holding olive-branch in r. hand; on r. Jugurtha kneeling with hands tied behind back; on r., FELIX downwards; border of dots.

Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929
Other Number S. 879 - Other Number

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