Sestertius
Augustus, Roman Imperial, Lugdunum, Gaul, Roman Empire
after 40 BCE
Bronze
Overall: 1 3/16 in. (30 mm)
Weight: 15 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29282
Geography/Culture
Europe, France
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Classification
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscription
Obverse: Laureate head of Caesar (right) Reverse: Bare head of Augustus right.
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Old Number
hn 182
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