coin(?);
token(?)
- Museum number
- R.16742
- Description
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Silver coin. Repurposed as a token with obverse re-engraved in antiquity. (whole)
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(Re-engraved with Greek inscription) (obverse)
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Tarpeia standing facing, raising both hands, buried to her waist under ten shields. (reverse)
- Production date
- 19 BC - 18 BC (original coin)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 19 millimetres (max)
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Weight: 2.38 grammes
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Original coin (before reengraving):
19-18 BC. P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer.
CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head of Augustus right / TVRPILIANVS III VIR, Tarpeia standing facing, raising both hands, buried to her waist under ten shields.
Ref. RIC 299; BMC 29
Only the figure of Tarpeia has been kept, other details were removed prior to reengraving.
Ref. Mattingly, H. 1932. 'A Mithraic tessera from Verulam', Numismatic Chronicle 12: 54-57
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1931
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- R.16742
