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Object Type
Museum number: R.9240
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Axe, culullus and knife; below, inscription. Border of dots. (obverse); Jug and lituus; below, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State
Authority: Moneyer: C Cassius Longinus; Moneyer: Marcus Junius Brutus; Moneyer: Cornelius Lentulus Spinther
Cultures/periods
Production date: 43BC-42BC
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Weight: 3.88 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Mint uncertain, moving with Brutus and Cassius.
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (500/7); 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. (80, p.483); 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) (500.7.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1825
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.9240
C&M catalogue number: RR2 (483) (80)

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