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Object Type: coin
Museum number: 1867,0101.1335
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Jupiter right; behind, inscription. Border of dots. (obverse); Hexastyle temple (Capitoline temple); roof is decorated with horse at each side and horseman at apex; within pediment, uncertain figure; between central four columns, hanging decorations; below, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Roman Republic Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Republic
Authority: Moneyer: Petillius Capitolinus
Cultures/periods: Roman Republican
Production date: 43BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials: silver
Dimensions: Die-axis: 8 o'clock; Weight: 4.02 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (487/1); 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. (4217, p.571); 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) (487.1.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; temple; equestrian
Associated names: Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Capitoline Temple
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Louis, Duc de Blacas d'Aulps
Acquisition date: 1867
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: 1867,0101.1335
C&M catalogue number: RR1 (571) (4217)

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