medallion; coin

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Object Type: medallion; coin
Museum number: R.13010
Denomination: denarius, 8
Description: Silver medallion or coin. (whole); Head of Domitian, laureate, right, wearing aegis. (obverse); Minerva seated left on throne, feet on footstool, holding Victory, left, in right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand, resting left arm on round shield supported on the head of a captive seated left on prow. The shield depicts two temples with four small figures below. (reverse)
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Production date: 85
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 34.50 millimetres; Weight: 26.082 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (515); RE2 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.II: Vespasian to Domitian (83, p.316); BMCRM / Roman Medallions in the British Museum (2, p.1); Gnecchi 1912 Vol. I / I Medaglioni Romani: Volume Primo: Oro ed Argento (2, p.43); RIC2.1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol.2 part 1: From AD 69 to AD 96: Vespasian to Domitian (348, p.289)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2016-17, 13 Oct - 7 May, BM, G69a Defacing the past: desecration and damnation in imperial Rome
Subjects: emperor/empress; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Domitian; Representation of: Athena/Minerva; Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Acquisition notes: Previously mis-numbered.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.13010
C&M catalogue number: RM (BMCRM) (1) (2); RE2 (83)

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