2005.115.94: Denarius of Augustus, Lugdunum
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.94
- People
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Augustus, Roman (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE)
- Title
- Denarius of Augustus, Lugdunum
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 15 - 13 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lugdunum (Gaul)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Early
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/21072
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.84 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- denarius
- Date on Object
- IMP X
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: AVGVSTVS DIVI F.
- Reverse Inscription: IMP. X; in ex. ACT
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber; bought from Knobloch in 1965. From the Earle K. Stanton collection.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- RIC I2, 171a, p.52
Acquisition and Rights
- 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
- 2005.115.94
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Head of Augustus, bare to r.
Rev.: Apollo KItharoidos, standing facing l., draped in long chiton, holding kithara in l. arm and plectrum in r.
Exhibition History
- Re-View: S422 (Ancient rotation) "The Scholar as Collector: Margarete Bieber (1879-1978)", Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/2011 - 06/18/2011
Verification Level
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