Denarius from Rome | Yale University Art Gallery

109–8 B.C.

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 3.87 g, 7:00, 20 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Philip Hirsh, B.A. 1960
Accession Number: 2001.87.813
Geography: Made in Rome
Culture: Roman
Period: 2nd century B.C.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Obverse: Young male head r., wearing oak-wreath (Apollo); before, X.

Reverse Description: Dioscuri standing facing between their horses, each holding spear; in exergue, L. MEMMI.

Provenance

Philip Hirsch, to about 1960; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1960 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Michael H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974), no. 304/1

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, denarii, money

L. MEMMI

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