Denarius
L. Junius Brutus
Roman Republic
54 BCE
Silver
Overall: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Weight: 3.99 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the John M. McDonald 1940 Fund
995.15.30216
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Bearded, bare-headed, male portrait facing right; outward reading inscription on the left side downwards: BRUTU[S]; image pressed off the flan on the lower left side; dotted borderline; high relief; Reverse: Bearded, bare-headed, male portrait facing right; outward reading inscription on the left side downwards: AHALA; dotted borderline; shallow relief relative to obverse
Course History
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
Exhibition History
Ancient Profiles: Sculpture, Prints, and Coins from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 1, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1-December 17, 1997.
From Art to Artifact: Making Sense of Roman Coins, Roman Numismatics Senior Seminar, Spring 2009, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June13, 2009.
Provenance
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 1995.
Catalogue Raisonne
Crawford: nos. 433/2; Sydenham 1952: p. 907, EF.
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