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Object Type
Museum number: R.8490
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Laureate head of Jupiter right. Border of dots. (obverse); Capitoline temple; below, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 78BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 3.86 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (385/1) (type); RR1 / Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum: vol. 1 aes rude, aes signatum, aes grave, and coinage of Rome from B.C. 268. (3156, p.388); 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. (152); 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) (385.1.3)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; temple; architecture
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Capitoline Temple
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.8490
C&M catalogue number: RR1 (388) (3156)

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