Denarius
VER
OGVL
GAR
Roman Republic
86 BCE
Silver
Overall: 13/16 in. (20 mm)
Weight: 3.6 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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