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86 BCE

Silver

Diameter: 11/16 in. (16.8 mm)

Weight: 3.62 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853

27.1.29250

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1000 BCE-1 CE

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right; border of dots Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga right, holding reins in left hand; no legend in exergue; border of dots

Provenance

Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.

Catalogue Raisonne

Crawford 350/1,2

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