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Object Type
Museum number: 1867,0101.584
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Head of Africa right, wearing elephant's skin; on left, jug with handle to right; on right, lituus; behind, inscription. Laurel-wreath as border. (obverse); Pompey in triumphal quadriga right, holding branch in right hand; on near horse, rider; above, flying Victory with wreath; in exergue, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
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Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 71BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 8 o'clock; Weight: 8.94 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (402/1b); 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. (20, p.464); 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. (189); 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) (402.1.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; politician/statesman; military; charioteer/chariot; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Africa; Representation of: Pompey the Great; Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1867
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1867,0101.584
C&M catalogue number: RR2 (464) (20)

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