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Object Type: coin
Museum number: 1852,0903.11
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin; pierced for suspension. (whole); Head of Octavian right; around, inscription. Border of dots. (obverse); Venus seated facing on cippus, holding bird in right hand and with left hand embracing Cupid who flies above shoulder; around, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Roman Republic Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Republic
Authority: Moneyer: P Clodius
Cultures/periods: Roman Republican
Production date: 42BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials: gold
Technique: pierced
Dimensions: Die-axis: 2 o'clock; Weight: 8.09 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (494/6a); 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. (4277, p.583); 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) (494.6.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: politician/statesman; classical deity; cherub/cupid
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Augustus (Octavian); Representation of: Aphrodite/Venus; Representation of: Eros/Cupid
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Sotheby's
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Henry Perigal Borrell
Acquisition date: 1852
Acquisition notes: On ticket: "HLB 497" Lot 497, Borrell sale 16/7/1852
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: 1852,0903.11
C&M catalogue number: RR1 (583) (4277)

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