Denarius
Julius Caesar
Roman Republic
48-47 BCE
Silver
Overall: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Weight: 3.8 g
Overall: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the John M. McDonald 1940 Fund
995.15.30217
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Female head right wearing oak wreath and diadem; behind, III; border of dots Reverse: Trophy with Gallic sheild and ax; in field on right ax; below CAE SAR; border of dots
Course History
CLST 17, HIST 94, Roman History: The Republic, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2019
CLST 17, HIST 94, Roman History: The Republic, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2019
CLST 17, HIST 94, Roman History: The Republic, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2019
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.
Provenance
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 1995.
Catalogue Raisonne
Crawford 452/2; Sydenham 1009; EF
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