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Object Type
Museum number: 1904,0511.456
Denomination: nummus, 40
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Draped and helmeted bust, right, of Roma. (obverse); She-wolf, left, suckling Romulus and Remus. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 526-534
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 1 o'clock; Weight: 15.18 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Metlich 2004 / The Coinage of Ostrogothic Italy (82a, p.114) (off. IIII); BZ3 / Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum (26, p.105); Baldi 2014 / Ostrogothic Coins in the British Museum (184.3)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; classical mythology; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Roma; Representation of: Romulus; Representation of: Remus
Associated places: Emblem of: Rome
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1904
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1904,0511.456
C&M catalogue number: BZ3 (Vandals) (105) (26)

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