Denarius
Julius Caesar
Roman Republic
Roman Empire
46 BCE
Silver
Overall: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Weight: 4.1 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the John M. McDonald 1940 Fund
995.15.30218
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Female head right wearing diamem with ear of grain at crown; behind COS.TERT downwards before [DI]CT.ITER upwards; border of dots Reverse: Single handed cup, scarificial sprinkler (aspergillupe) jug, lituus above AVGVR. below PONT.M[AX]; 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
CLST 17, HIST 94, Roman History: The Republic, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2019
LAT 15, Literature of Rome, Simone Oppen, Fall 2019
CLST 12.03, ANTH 13.01, Who Owns the Past?, Julie Hruby and Jesse Casana, Winter 2020
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.
Provenance
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 1995.
Catalogue Raisonne
Crawford 467/1a or 1b; Sydenham 1023 or 1024
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