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Object Type
Museum number: 1864,1128.20
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Head of Augustus, bare, right. (obverse); Victory right, holding horns and cutting throat of recumbent bull (tail upwards). (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 19BC-18BC
Production place: Minted in: Pergamon
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 7.84 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: An expedition led by Tiberius in 20 BC brought Armenia under Roman control as a client kingdom under Tigranes.
Bibliographic references: 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. (343); RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (671, p.108); 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. (308, p.550); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (514, p.83)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; sacrifice; classical deity; allegory/personification; mammal
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Augustus (Octavian); Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Associated places: Named in inscription: Armenia (historic)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1864
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1864,1128.20
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (108) (671); RR2 (550) (308)

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