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Object Type
Museum number: 1915,0407.17
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Octavian, bare, right. (obverse); Laureate terminal figure facing, placed on winged thunderbolt. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 29BC-27BC
Production place: Minted in: Italy (Brundisium and Rome?)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 10 o'clock; Weight: 3.79 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: It has been suggested that the terminal figure on the reverse is that of Terminus, honoured after Octavian's re-establishment of boundaries in the east after the battle of Actium and review of the client kingdoms established by Mark Antony (in particular the return of Roman territory from Cleopatra and her children).
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (629, p.102); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (269a, p.60) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; sculpture
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1915
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1915,0407.17
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (102) (629)

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