Denarius

Julius Caesar
Roman Republic

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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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