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Object Type: coin
Museum number: R.8903
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Laureate head of Fides right; before, inscription; behind, inscription. Border of dots. (obverse); Horseman galloping right with right hand dragging naked warrior, who holds shield in left hand and sword in right hand; below, inscription; around, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Roman Republic Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Republic
Authority: Moneyer: A Licinius Nerva
Cultures/periods: Roman Republican
Production date: 47BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials: silver
Dimensions: Die-axis: 2 o'clock; Weight: 3.84 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (454/2); 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. (4002, p.515); 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) (454.2.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; equestrian; warrior; prisoner; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Fides
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: R.8903
C&M catalogue number: RR1 (515) (4002)

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