Denarius
M. Iunius Silanus, Roman Republic
145 BCE
Silver
Overall: 13/16 in. (20 mm)
Weight: 3.5 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29244
Geography/Culture
Europe, Italy
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Classification
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscription
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma; value mark, before; ass‘s head, behind Reverse: Dioscuri right; below M.IVN.ROMA [ROMA underlined] in exergue
Course History
ANTH 7, Thinking About Empire, Alan Covey, Winter 2014
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
Crawford: 220/1
Old Number
HN 146
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