Denarius
L. Cassius Longinus
Roman Republic
63 BCE
Silver
Overall: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Weight: 3.9 g
Overall: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the John M. McDonald 1940 Fund
997.48.30362
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Veiled and diademed female left; behind tow handled cup; border of dots Reverse: Standing, togate male, frontal with slight turn to left, extends right hand to drop rectangular tablet [inscribed "U"] into voting basket; right LONGIN.III.V downwards; 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
Exhibition History
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, 1997.
Catalogue Raisonne
Crawford 413/1, Syd. 935
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