Denarius

Augustus
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire

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2 BCE-11 CE

Silver

Overall: 13/16 in. (20 mm)

Weight: 3.7 g

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

27.1.29270

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1-500

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

On view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Laureate? head of Octavian left; line border, no legend Reverse: Draped Victory standing left on globe holding wreath in right hand, and palm in left; Line border; CAESAR DI[VI]F, left and right in field

Course History

CLST 18/HIST 94.06 History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2020

CLST 18/HIST 94.06 History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2020

CLST 18/HIST 94.06 History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2020

CLST 18/HIST 94.06 History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2020

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

CLST 18.01/HIST 94.06, History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2022

Economics 22.01, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023

Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023

Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023

Exhibition History

From Art to Artifact: Making Sense of Roman Coins, Roman Numismatics Senior Seminar, Spring 2009, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June13, 2009.

Money Talks: Roman Coinage in Global, Historical Context, Classical Studies 11, Professor Roberta Stewart, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 2, 2022-.

Provenance

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

Catalogue Raisonne

BMC, Vol. I: no. 603, pl. 14/19

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