Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　
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On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a man with two faces, one facing right, the other left, sharing the same curly tendrils of hair, small dots surround the border. The other side of the coin depicts a man standing in a four-horse drawn vehicle facing right, holding a staff in left hand, right arm raised holding a thunderbolt, a small winged woman holds the reins to the left of man, driving the vehicle; below, within a rectangle, the characters: R O M A.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.90
People
Anonymous
Title
Anonymous Didrachm (quadrigatus), Rome
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
225 BCE-212 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Republican period
Culture
Roman Republican
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/186420

Location

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

Medium
silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
6.62 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
didrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ROMA (incuse)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RRC 28/3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.115.90
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Laureate, Janiform head of Dioscuri. Border of dots.
Rev.: Jupiter in quadriga r., driven by Victory; Jupiter holds sceptre in l. hand and hurls thunderbolt with r. hand; below incuse on tablet, ROMA. Line border.

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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