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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.99.124
Title
Coin of Aesernia (Samnium)
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
263 - 240 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Aesernia (Samnium)
Period
Hellenistic period, Middle
Culture
South Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/174346

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7.3 g
Die Axis
8
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: VOLCANOM
  • Reverse Inscription: AISERNINO

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
HN3 430

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year
1982
Object Number
1982.99.124
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Vulcan l., wearing laureate pileus; behind tongue; in front inscription: VOLCANOM
Reverse: Jupiter driving biga of horses and hurling thunderbolt, r.; above small Victory crowning horses. Below inscription.

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