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Object Type
Museum number: R.9428
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Laureate head of Julius Caesar right; by forehead, star; around, inscription. Border of dots. (obverse); Inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State
Authority: Moneyer: Augustus (Octavian); Moneyer: Agrippa
Cultures/periods
Production date: 38BC
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 1 o'clock; Weight: 8.23 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Mint uncertain, moving with Octavian.
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (534/1); 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. (102, p.411); 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) (534.1.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names
Previous owner
Acquisition notes: On ticket: "Trattle 6.12.6"
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.9428
C&M catalogue number: RR2 (411) (102)

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