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Object Type
Museum number: 1844,0425.447
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Augustus, bare, right. (obverse); Augustus and Agrippa, bare-headed and togate, seated half-left on a bisellium, on a platform ornamented with three rostra; on left, upright staff or spear. (reverse)
State
Authority: Ruler: Augustus (Octavian); Moneyer: C Sulpicius Platorinus
Cultures/periods
Production date: 13BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 3 o'clock; Weight: 4 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Agrippa, Augustus’ lifelong friend and colleague, died the year following this issue, which probably commemorates the renewal of Agrippa’s tribunician power.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (115, p.23); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (407, p.74); 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. (4657, p.97)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; politician/statesman
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Augustus (Octavian); Portrait of: Agrippa; Named in inscription: C Sulpicius Platorinus
Acquisition name: Purchased from: William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire; Purchased through: Christie's; Purchased through: Harry Osborn Cureton
Acquisition date: 1844
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1844,0425.447
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (23) (115); RR2 (97) (4657)

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