Anonymous Aes Grave Sextans, Rome

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1942.176.20
People: Anonymous
Title: Anonymous Aes Grave Sextans, Rome
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 269 BCE-265 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period: Roman Republican period
Culture: Roman Republican
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/180070

Physical Descriptions

Medium: bronze
Metal: AE
Technique: Cast
Dimensions: 32.64 g
Die Axis: not assignable
Denomination: sextans

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: RRC 21/6; Rutter (HN3 Italy) 293

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: 1942.176.20
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Knucklebone (astragalos) with pellet.
Rev.: Knucklebone (astragalos) with pellet (?).

Verification Level

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