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Object Type: coin
Museum number: 1901,0407.454
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Laureate head of Julius Caesar right. Border of dots. (obverse); Cornucopia on globe; on left, rudder; on right, caduceus and apex; around, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Roman Republic Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Republic
Authority: Moneyer: L Mussidius Longus
Cultures/periods: Roman Republican
Production date: 42BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials: silver
Dimensions: Die-axis: 9 o'clock; Weight: 4.15 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (494/39a); 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. (4237, p.576); 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) (494.39.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: politician/statesman; symbol
Associated names: Portrait of: Julius Caesar
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Messrs W S Lincoln & Son
Acquisition date: 1901
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: 1901,0407.454
C&M catalogue number: RR1 (576) (4237)

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