Denarius
L. Antestius Gragulus
Roman Republic
136 BCE
Silver
Weight: 3.7 g
Diameter: 13/16 in. (20 mm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29247
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right with value mark; GRAG downwards behind; border of dots Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga; sceptre and reins in left hand and thunderbolt in raised right hand; L*ANTES in exergue ROMA in exergue; line border
Course History
HUM 3.02, Two Empires under the Sun, Roberta Stewart and Gil Raz, Spring 2019
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
Crawford: 238/1
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