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Object Type
Museum number: 1877,0604.4
Denomination: decussis
Description: Copper alloy coin (aes grave). (whole); Head of Roma wearing Phrygian helmet, right; behind, denominational mark. (obverse); Prow, left; above, denominational mark. (reverse)
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Cultures/periods
Production date: 215BC-212BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Weight: 652.27 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (41/1); 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. (36); 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. (19, p.16); 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) (41.1.1)
Location: On display (G70/dc7/p1/no12)
Subjects: classical deity; allegory/personification; boat/ship
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1877
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1877,0604.4
C&M catalogue number: RR1 (16) (19)
Conservation

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