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Object Type
Museum number: 1935,0304.1
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right. (obverse); Pyre of four tiers decorated with garlands and statues and surmounted by a quadriga. (reverse)
State
Authority: Ruler: Marcus Aurelius; Ruler: Lucius Verus
Cultures/periods
Production date: 161 (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Chester (Cheshire)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 2.43 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RE4 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus. Introduction, indexes and plates. (57, p.394); RIC3 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 3: Antoninus Pius to Commodus (436, p.247) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; funeral/funerary rite
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1935
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1935,0304.1
C&M catalogue number: RE4 (394) (57)

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