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Object Type
Museum number: 2002,0102.4385
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of C. Coelius Caldus right; before, standard in the form of a boar and inscription; below, inscription; behind, standard inscribed HIS. Border of dots. (obverse); Table with figure (of L. Coelius Caldus) behind, preparing epulum; on table, inscription; on left, trophy with carnyx and oval shield decorated with thunderbolt; on right, trophy with Macedonian shield; on far left, inscription; on far right, inscription; below, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 51BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 3 o'clock; Weight: 3.66 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (437/3b) (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) (437.3.3) (formerly 437.2.6)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: politician/statesman; priest/priestess; feast/banquet
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: C Coelius Caldus; Named in inscription & portrayed: L Coelius Caldus
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2002
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 2002,0102.4385

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