Denarius
M. Volteius
Roman Republic
78 BCE
Silver
Weight: 3.4 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
27.1.29253
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Laureate helmeted head of Roma(?) right; behind control mark (tortoise?); border of dots Reverse: Cybele with crown and veil in biga drawn by lions right; reins in left hand and patera in right; above control number; M*VOLTEI*M*F in exergue; border of dots
Course History
CLST 17, HIST 94, Roman History: The Republic, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2019
CLST 17, HIST 94, Roman History: The Republic, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2019
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
Crawford: 385/4
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