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Object Type
Museum number: 1911,0414.198
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right. (obverse); Providentia standing left, holding globe in right hand and cornucopia in left hand. (reverse)
State
Authority: Ruler: Marcus Aurelius; Ruler: Lucius Verus
Cultures/periods
Production date: 161
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Edwinstowe (Edwinstowe hoard)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Weight: 3.50 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RE4 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus. Introduction, indexes and plates. (18, p.388); Robertson 2000 / An Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards (314, 64-65); RIC3 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 3: Antoninus Pius to Commodus (23, p.215) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; classical deity; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Marcus Aurelius; Named in inscription & portrayed: Providentia
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1911
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1911,0414.198
C&M catalogue number: RE4 (388) (18)

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