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Object Type
Museum number: 1908,0110.1990
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Radiate bust of Herenius Etruscus right, wearing paludamentum and cuirass. (obverse); She-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, her head turned towards them; above, the eagle of a legionary standard. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 250-251
Production place: Minted in: Aelia Capitolina (historic - city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Diameter: 27.50 millimetres; Weight: 14.24 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: BMC Greek (Palestine) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Palestine (Galilee, Samaria and Judaea) (104, p.100); Meshorer 1989 / The Coinage of Aelia Capitolina (168) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; myth/legend
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Herennius Etruscus; Representation of: Romulus; Representation of: Remus
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1908
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1908,0110.1990

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