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Object Type: coin
Museum number: R.8852
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Apollo right; before, inscription; behind, inscription. Border of dots. (obverse); Jupiter standing facing, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle in left hand; on left, star and inscription; on right, altar decorated with garland. Border of dots. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Roman Republic Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Republic
Authority: Moneyer: L Cornelius Lentulus Crus; Moneyer: C Claudius Marcellus; Moneyer: Anonymous (anonymous quaestor)
Cultures/periods: Roman Republican
Production date: 49BC
Production place: Minted in: Apollonia Mordiaeum (historic) (?)
Materials: silver
Dimensions: Die-axis: 3 o'clock; Weight: 3.83 grammes
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Curator's comments: Mint uncertain - associated with campaigns of Pompey in Apollonia and Asia.
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (445/2) (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. (22, p.466); 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) (445.2.2)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; bird; religious object
Associated names: Representation of: Apollo; Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: R.8852
C&M catalogue number: RR2 (466) (22)

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