Aureus
Titus
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
79
Gold
Overall: 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Weight: 7.1 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29292
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
On view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Laureate and bearded head of Titus right; IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, right up, left down, outwardly Reverse: Rostral column ornamented with beaks of ships and surmounted by frontal statue, radiate, naked except for cloak, spear held vertically in right hand, parazonium at side in left; TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P, left up, right down, inwardly
Course History
ARTH 16, Art, Architecture and Money in the Early Modern Period, Lauren Jacobi, Spring 2013
LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Scott Arcenas, Winter 2019
LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Bryce Walker, Winter 2019
LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Margaretha Kramer, Winter 2019
LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Jenny Lynn, Winter 2019
LAT 3, Intermediate Latin, Inger Kuin, Spring 2019
LAT 3, Intermediate Latin, Scott Arcenas, Spring 2019
LAT 3, Intermediate Latin, Bryce Walker, Spring 2019
LAT 3, Intermediate Latin, Bryce Walker, Spring 2019
LAT 3.01, Intermediate Latin, Jenny Lynn, Winter 2020
LAT 3.02, Intermediate Latin, Simone Oppen, Winter 2020
LAT 3.03, Intermediate Latin, Roger Ulrich, Winter 2020
LAT 3.04, Intermediate Latin, Patrick Glauthier, Winter 2020
LAT 3.01, Intermediate Latin, Simone Oppen, Spring 2020
LAT 3.02, Intermediate Latin, Margaret Graver, Spring 2020
LAT 3.03, Intermediate Latin, Jenny Lynn, Spring 2020
LAT 3.04, Intermediate Latin, Jenny Lynn, Spring 2020
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 18.01/HIST 94.06, History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2022
Economics 22.01, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023
Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023
Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023
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.
Money Talks: Roman Coinage in Global, Historical Context, Classical Studies 11, Professor Roberta Stewart, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 2, 2022-.
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
BMC, Vol. II: no. 12, pl. 44/7; Terrace 1958: p. 16, no. 12
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