- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2005.115.75
- People
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Moneyer: L. Memmius, Roman
- Title
- Denarius of L. Memmius, Rome
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- c. 109 or 108 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
- Period
- Roman Republican period
- Culture
- Roman Republican
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/20736
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.95 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- denarius
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: In exergue, L.MEMMI
- Provenance
- Collection of Margarete Bieber; bought from Knobloch in 1961.
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- RRC 304/1
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- 2005.115.75
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obv.: Young male head r., wearing oak wreath (Apollo?); before, mark of value (XVI in monogram). Border of dots.
Rev.: Dioscuri standing facing between their horses, holding spears; in exergue, L.MEMM[I]. Border of dots.
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