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Object Type: coin
Museum number: 1843,0116.943
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Female bust left, draped and wearing winged diadem; behind, control mark. Border of dots. (obverse); Pediment of temple; within pediment, anguipede figure with cornucopia; on entablature, inscription; below, inscription. Line border. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Roman Republic Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Republic
Authority: Moneyer: M Plaetorius Cestianus
Cultures/periods: Roman Republican
Production date: 69BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials: silver
Dimensions: Die-axis: 11 o'clock; Weight: 2.82 grammes
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Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (405/1b) (type); RR1 / Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum: vol. 1 aes rude, aes signatum, aes grave, and coinage of Rome from B.C. 268. (3520, p.435); Ghey, Leins & Crawford 2010 / A catalogue of the Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum, with descriptions and chronology based on M.H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (1974) (405.1.2)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: temple; anguipede
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Dr Nott; Purchased through: Sotheby's (30/5/1842)
Acquisition date: 1843
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: 1843,0116.943
C&M catalogue number: RR1 (435) (3520)

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