Denarius

Julius Caesar
Roman Republic
Roman Empire

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46 BCE

Silver

Overall: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)

Weight: 4.1 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the John M. McDonald 1940 Fund

995.15.30218

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 diamem with ear of grain at crown; behind COS.TERT downwards before [DI]CT.ITER upwards; border of dots Reverse: Single handed cup, scarificial sprinkler (aspergillupe) jug, lituus above AVGVR. below PONT.M[AX]; 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

LAT 15, Literature of Rome, Simone Oppen, Fall 2019

CLST 12.03, ANTH 13.01, Who Owns the Past?, Julie Hruby and Jesse Casana, Winter 2020

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 467/1a or 1b; Sydenham 1023 or 1024

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