1942.176.48: Denarius of Julius Caesar, Uncertain Mint
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.176.48
- People
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Issued by Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE)
- Title
- Denarius of Julius Caesar, Uncertain Mint
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- c. 46 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Uncertain Mint
- Period
- Roman Republican period
- Culture
- Roman Republican
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/181449
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.92 g
- Die Axis
- 1
- Denomination
- denarius
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: Behind, COS.TERT downwards; before, DICT.ITER upwards.
- Reverse Inscription: Above, AVGVR; below, PONT.MAX; to r., D
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- RRC 467/1a
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
- 1942.176.48
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Head of Ceres r.; behind, COS.TERT downwards; before, [DI]CT.ITER upwards. Border of dots.
Rev.: Culullus, aspergillum, jug and lituus; above, AVGVR; below, PONT.MAX; to r., D. Border of dots.
Verification Level
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