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Object Type
Museum number: 1907,0501.143
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Head of Augustus, bare, left. (obverse); Augustus, seated left on a stool on platform on right, holding out right hand; before him stand two soldiers, each carrying parazonium and offering olive branch with right hand. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 15BC-13BC
Production place: Minted in: Lyon
Materials
Dimensions: Weight: 7.90 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The figures with triumphal branches are Tiberius and Nero Drusus who conquered Rhaetia in 15 BC.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (447, p.77); 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. (350); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (164b, p.52); 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. (159, p.428)
Location: On display (G70/dc15/p2/no1)
Subjects: emperor/empress; ceremony/ritual; soldier
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Carlo Strozzi; Purchased through: Ernest John Seltman
Acquisition date: 1907
Acquisition notes: lot 1793
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1907,0501.143
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (77) (447); RR2 (428) (159)
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