1979.428.593: Libral Aes Grave As, Uncertain Mint, Italy (forgery?)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1979.428.593
- People
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Anonymous
- Title
- Libral Aes Grave As, Uncertain Mint, Italy (forgery?)
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 450 BCE-225 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Uncertain Mint
- Period
- Roman Republican period
- Culture
- Italic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/180697
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Cast
- Dimensions
- 343.2 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- as
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: Retrograde in a mixture of Etruscan and Oscan characters: either ONRUVI(T/L)(I)UR facing outward, or OADXVIT(I)UR facing inward.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
- Accession Year
- 1979
- Object Number
- 1979.428.593
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bearded male head l., laureate; behind, either ONRUVI(T/L)(I)UR facing outward (retrograde) or OADXVIT(I)UR facing inward (retrograde). All on raised disk. Legend is in a mixture of Etruscan and Oscan characters.
Rev.: Bull's head; above, unknown symbol (disk with three rays?). All on raised disk.
Verification Level
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