coin

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Object Type
Museum number: 1843,0116.928
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Liber, wearing ivy-wreath, right; hair knotted at back and falling down over neck and left shoulder. (obverse); Armenian, wearing tiara and long robe, kneeling right on right knee and extending both hands in an attitude of submission. (reverse)
State
Authority: Ruler: Augustus (Octavian); Moneyer: P Petronius Turpilianus
Cultures/periods
Production date: 19BC-4BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 10 o'clock; Weight: 3.97 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This type of reverse was minted to mark the successful Roman campaigns against the Armenians, in which the Roman standards previously lost by Mark Antony were recovered and deposited into the Temple of Mars Ultor.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (19, p.4); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (292, p.62); RR2 / Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum, vol. 2. Coinages of Rome (continued), Roman Campania, Italy, the social war, and the provinces. (4518, p.63)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Liber; Named in inscription: P Petronius Turpilianus; Named in inscription: Augustus (Octavian)
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Dr Nott; Purchased through: Sotheby's (30/5/1842)
Acquisition date: 1843
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1843,0116.928
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (4) (19); RR2 (63) (4518)

Free entry

Opening hours