Denarius

L. Cassius Longinus
Roman Republic

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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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