Denarius from Rome | Yale University Art Gallery

84–83 B.C.

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 3.05 g, 12:00, 18.5 mm
Credit Line: Gift of James H. Schwartz
Accession Number: 2005.6.189
Geography: Made in Rome, Roman Empire
Culture: Roman
Period: 1st century B.C.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Head of Venus r., wearing diadem; on r., Cupid holding palm-branch; below, L. SVLLA.

Reverse Description: Two trophies; between, jug and lituus; above, IMPER; below, ITERVM.

Provenance

James H. Schwartz, New York, to 2005; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Michael H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974), no. 359/1

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Additional information

coins, denarii, money

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