Denarius

Inscriptions

Obverse: Bearded, bare-headed, male portrait facing right; outward reading inscription on the left side downwards: BRUTU[S]; image pressed off the flan on the lower left side; dotted borderline; high relief; Reverse: Bearded, bare-headed, male portrait facing right; outward reading inscription on the left side downwards: AHALA; dotted borderline; shallow relief relative to obverse

Course History

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

Exhibition History

Ancient Profiles: Sculpture, Prints, and Coins from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 1, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1-December 17, 1997.

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

Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 1995.

Catalogue Raisonne

Crawford: nos. 433/2; Sydenham 1952: p. 907, EF.

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