1979.428.652: Coin of Decentius
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1979.428.652
- People
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Decentius, Roman (r. 351 - 353 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Decentius
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 351-353
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Uncertain Mint
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/178712
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.78 g
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: DN DECENT[IVS...]
- Reverse Inscription: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- RIC VIII
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
- Accession Year
- 1979
- Object Number
- 1979.428.652
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obverse: Bust of Decentius r., cuirassed and bareheaded.
Reverse: Two Victories holding wreathed inscription VOT V MVLT X on column.
Verification Level
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