Denarius
Julius Caesar, Roman Republic, Roman Empire44 BCE
Silver
Overall: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Weight: 3.87 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund and through gifts, by exchange
2010.2
Geography/Culture
Europe, Italy
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Classification
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscription
Obverse: Veiled laureate head facing right, apex behind, lituus below chin CAESAR PARENS PATRIAE Reverse: COSSVTIVS MADRIDIANVS (in form of a cross) A A A FF (in angles) Obv: CAESAR PARENS PATRIAE (Veiled laureate head facing right, apex behind, lituus below chin); rev: COSSVTIVS MADRIDIANVS (in form of a cross) A A A FF (in angles)
Course History
LAT 15, Literature of Rome, Simone Oppen, Fall 2019
HUM 3.02, Two Empires under the Sun, Roberta Stewart and Gil Raz, Spring 2019
CLST 17, HIST 94, Roman History: The Republic, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2019
CLST 17, HIST 94, Roman History: The Republic, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2019
CLST 17, HIST 94, Roman History: The Republic, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2019
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 64, Faces of Antiquity, Portraiture of the Roman Empire, Kasia Vincunas, Mellon Special Project Curatorial Intern, Class of 2011, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 13-June 2011.
Publication History
Kasia Vincunas, Mellon Special Project Curatorial Intern, Class of 2011, A Space for Dialogue 64, Faces of Antiquity, Portraiture of the Roman Empire, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. p. 1.
Investigations into the Ancient Mediterranean, Special Hood Website: The Yale University Art Gallery Collection-Sharing Initiative, 2012
Provenance
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 2010.
Catalogue Raisonne
Cr-480/19; Syd-1069; Sear, Imperators- 112
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