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Object Type
Museum number: BNK,R.228
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Augustus, seated left on a stool on platform on right, holding out right hand; before him stand two soldiers, each carrying parazonium and offering olive branch with right hand. (reverse); Head of Augustus, bare, right. (obverse)
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Cultures/periods
Production date: 15BC-13BC
Production place: Minted in: Lugdunum
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 7 o'clock; Weight: 3.78 grammes
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Curator's comments: The two soldiers standing with branches may represent Tiberius and his brother Nero Claudius Drusus. The two generals brought peace (represented by olive-branches) to Augustus on the Danube and Rhine frontiers.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (445, p.77); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (165a, p.52) (type); RR2 / Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum, vol. 2. Coinages of Rome (continued), Roman Campania, Italy, the social war, and the provinces. (157, p.428)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; soldier
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1877
Acquisition notes: The Bank of England loaned their Collection to the British Museum in 1865 wishing to make it accessible to the general public. This remained as a separate Collection until 1877 when the Bank Directors decided it would be more useful to the museum and the public if incorporated into the national collection. The Bank of England collection was therefore presented to the British Museum in 1877, any duplicates being sold to create a coins and medals purchase fund.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: BNK,R.228
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (77) (445); RR2 (428) (157)

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