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Object Type
Museum number: 1860,0328.124
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Brutus right, bearded; 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: 3.80 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. (68, p.480); RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (508/3); PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (274); 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) (508.3.1)
Location: On display (G68/dc2/p4)
Subjects: politician/statesman; arms/armour
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1860
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1860,0328.124
C&M catalogue number: RR2 (480) (68)

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