Denarius
Augustus
Roman Imperial
Lugdunum
Gaul
Roman Empire
2 BCE-11 CE
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
27.1.29268
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Laureate head of Augustus right. Legend: [CAE]SAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER P[ATRIAE], beginning at 5 o'clock, counterclockwise, letters facing outwards. Reverse: Two figures, frontal, togate, and capite velato, identified by the legend as Gaius and Lucius Caesar; each rests an inside hand on one of two shields which stand upright between them; behind the shields two spears on the diagonal; above, in the field, between them, a simpulum (left) and a lituus (right). Legend: C L CAESARES in exergue; AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, from 4 o'clock, counter-clockwise, letters facing outward.
Course History
LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Scott Arcenas, Winter 2019
LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Bryce Walker, Winter 2019
LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Margaretha Kramer, Winter 2019
LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Jenny Lynn, Winter 2019
LAT 3, Intermediate Latin, Inger Kuin, Spring 2019
LAT 3, Intermediate Latin, Bryce Walker, Spring 2019
HUM 3.02, Two Empires under the Sun, Roberta Stewart and Gil Raz, Spring 2019
LAT 15, Literature of Rome, Simone Oppen, Fall 2019
Exhibition History
Artifacts of the Roman Empire, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 18-November 5, 1990.
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.
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
RIC I2 p. 55 no. 207.
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