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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.69
People
Moneyer: L.? Marcius Philippus, Roman
Title
Denarius of L. Marcius Philippus, Rome
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
56 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Republican period
Culture
Roman Republican
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/21159

Physical Descriptions

Medium
silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4 g
Die Axis
5
Denomination
denarius
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: Below, ANCVS
  • Reverse Inscription: Within arches, A-Q-V-A-MAR (MAR in ligature); to l., PHILIPPVS downwards.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber; bought from Knobloch.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RRC 425/1

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
2005.115.69
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Diademed head of Ancus Marcius r.; behind, lituus; below, ANCVS.
Rev.: Equestrian statue on aqueduct; below, flower; between arches, A-Q-V-A-MAR (MAR in ligature); to l., PHILIPPVS downwards.

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

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