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Object Type: coin
Museum number: 1864,1128.4
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Female head right, wearing oak-wreath and diadem; behind, inscription. Border of dots. (obverse); Trophy with Gallic shield and carnyx; on right, axe, below, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Roman Republic Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Republic
Authority: Moneyer: Julius Caesar
Cultures/periods: Roman Republican
Production date: 48BC-47BC (after 13 July 48 BC)
Materials: gold
Dimensions: Die-axis: 11 o'clock; Weight: 8.62 grammes
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Curator's comments: Mint uncertain - moved with Caesar.
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (452/1); 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. (3953, p.505); 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) (452.1.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: arms/armour; musical instrument
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Edward Wigan
Acquisition date: 1864
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: 1864,1128.4
C&M catalogue number: RR1 (505) (3953)

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