Both sides of an irregularly shaped gold coin with relief decoration on each side.　
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

On the side of the coin on the left is the bearded head of a man facing right, wearing a crested helmet on top of head, small dots surround the border; below, the characters: V X. The other side of the coin depicts an eagle standing on a thunderbolt facing right, head raised with wings outstretched; below, the characters: R O M A.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.176.22
People
Anonymous
Title
Anonymous Sixty-As Coin, Rome
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
from 211 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Republican period
Culture
Roman Republican
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/180058

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3700, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Roman Art
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
gold
Metal
AV
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.36 g
Die Axis
1
Denomination
sixty as
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: Below, mark of value (L in form of bisected V; X)
  • Reverse Inscription: ROMA below

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RRC 44/2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.176.22
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of bearded Mars r., wearing Corinthian helmet; below, mark of value (L in form of bisected V; X). Border of dots.
Rev.: Eagle on thunderbolt r.; ROMA below.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3700 Roman, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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