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Object Type: coin
Museum number: 1868,0514.30
Denomination: quinarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Liber right, wearing ivy-wreath; behind, inscription; below, control-mark.Border of dots. (obverse); Victory seated right, holding patera in right hand and palm-branch in left hand, over left shoulder; in exergue, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Roman Republic Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Republic
Authority: Moneyer: M Porcius Cato
Cultures/periods: Roman Republican
Production date: 89BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials: silver
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Weight: 2.12 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (343/2b) (type); 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. (673, p.304); 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) (343.2.14)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; allegory/personification
Associated names: Representation of: Liber; Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Acquisition name: Purchased from: W Webster
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: 1868,0514.30
C&M catalogue number: RR2 (304) (673)

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