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Object Type: coin
Museum number: 2002,0102.4520
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Laureate head of Fides right; before, inscription; behind, inscription. Border of dots. (obverse); Horseman galloping right with right hand dragging naked warrior, who holds shield in left hand and sword in right hand; below, inscription; on left, inscription; on right, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Roman Republic Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Republic
Authority: Moneyer: A Licinius Nerva
Cultures/periods: Roman Republican
Production date: 47BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials: silver
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 17 millimetres; Weight: 3.94 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (454/1) (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) (454.1.7)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2024 21 Feb- 4 June, London, BM, G68, Case 10: The Roman army: coinage of victory
Subjects: allegory/personification; equestrian; warrior; prisoner; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Fides
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Charles A Hersh
Acquisition date: 2002
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: 2002,0102.4520

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