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Object Type
Museum number: RPK,p306F.1.Rom
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Helmeted head of Roma, right; below, inscription; behind, denominational mark. Border of dots. (obverse); Roma, wearing Corinthian helmet, seated right on pile of shields, holding spear in left hand; at feet, helmet; before, she-wolf right, suckling twins; on either side, bird flying. Border of dots. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 115BC-114BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 7 o'clock; Weight: 3.83 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (287/1) (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. (564, p.285); 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) (287.1.4); Payne Knight 1830 / Nummi Veteres Civitatum, Regum, Gentium, et Provinciarum, Londini in Museo Ricardi Payne Knight Asservati, ab ipso Ordine Geographico Descripti.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; allegory/personification; arms/armour; mammal; bird
Associated names: Representation of: Roma; Representation of: Romulus; Representation of: Remus
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1824
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: RPK,p306F.1.Rom
C&M catalogue number: RR2 (285) (564)

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