Commemorative Dupondius

Caligula
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire

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37-41

Bronze

Weight: 14.9 g

Diameter: 1 1/8 in. (29 mm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853

27.1.29274

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1-500

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Radiate head of Augustus left; DIVUS AUGUSTUS, in arc above; S C left and right in field. Reverse: Laureate head and togate Augustus seated left on curule chair, holding branch in right hand and left hand against side; CONSENSU SENAT* E*T* EQ ORDIN. P.Q.R.

Course History

CLST 18/HIST 94.06 History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2020

CLST 18/HIST 94.06 History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2020

CLST 18/HIST 94.06 History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2020

CLST 18/HIST 94.06 History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2020

Exhibition History

Artifacts of the Roman Empire, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 18-November 5, 1990.

Publication History

"The Romans: Precocious Polluters," in "Copper: An Ancient Metal," Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program, Nov. 18, 2010.

Provenance

Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.

Catalogue Raisonne

BMC, Vol. I: no. 88, pl. 30/8

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