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Object Type
Museum number: 2002,0102.4771
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Libertas right, wearing diadem; before, inscription; behind, inscription. Border of dots. (obverse); Jug and lituus; below, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State
Authority: Moneyer: C Cassius Longinus; Moneyer: Marcus Junius Brutus; Moneyer: Cornelius Lentulus Spinther
Cultures/periods
Production date: 43BC-42BC
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 3.90 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Mint uncertain, moving with Brutus and Cassius.
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (500/3) (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) (500.3.3)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; allegory/personification; religious object
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2002
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 2002,0102.4771

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