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Object Type
Museum number: 1848,0819.147
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Brutus right, bearded; in field, countermark; around, inscription; around, inscription. Border of dots. (obverse); Pileus between two daggers; below, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State
Authority: Moneyer: Marcus Junius Brutus; Moneyer: L Plaetorius Cestianus
Cultures/periods
Production date: 43BC-42BC
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Diameter: 18 millimetres; Weight: 3.41 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Mint uncertain, moving with Brutus.
Bibliographic references: 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. (70, p.480); RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (508/3) (type); 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) (508.3.3)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2021-2022 Aug - Oct, China, Suzhou Museum, 'Rome; City & Empire' 2021 13 Feb-15 Aug, Belgium, Tongeren, Gallo-Romeins Museum, 'Rome; City & Empire' 2018-2019 20 Sep-04 Feb, Canberra, National Museum of Australia, 'Rome; City &Empire' 2018 23 Feb – 22 Apr, Nashville, Frist Art Museum, 'Rome; City &Empire' 2012 19 April - 25 November, Gallery 69a, British Museum, Crowns and Ducats: Shakespeare's Money and Medals 2013 2 Feb - 19 May, Padua, Pietro Bembo and the Arts
Subjects: politician/statesman; arms/armour
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased through: Sotheby's; Purchased from: Earls of Pembroke
Previous owner
Acquisition notes: On ticket: P? 789 147
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1848,0819.147
C&M catalogue number: RR2 (480) (70)

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