Medallion; Probable Forgery

Lucius Verus
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire

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Bronze

Diameter: 1 7/16 in. (36.5 mm)

Weight: 29.74 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853

27.1.29376

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1-500

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Bare head of Verus right; IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG, left up, right down, inwardly Reverse: Verus and accompanying officer on platform at right addressing three soldiers on ground at left; ADLOCVTIO in exergue

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.

Provenance

Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.

Catalogue Raisonne

Cf the sestertius BMC, Vol. IV: no. 1071A, footnote; Terrace 1958: p. 23, no. 23

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