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Object Type
Museum number: 2002,0102.1859
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Salus right; below, inscription; before, control-mark. Torque as border. (obverse); Victory in biga right, holding palm-branch and reins in left hand and whip in right hand; below, control mark; in exergue, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 91BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 11 o'clock; Weight: 3.91 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (337/2e) (type); Ghey, Leins & Crawford 2010 / A catalogue of the Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum, with descriptions and chronology based on M.H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (1974) (337.2.20)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; allegory/personification; charioteer/chariot
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Hygieia/Salus; Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2002
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 2002,0102.1859

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