Denarius from Africa Artist: Unknown
Mint: Africa (Roman province)
Magistrate: Eppius
Magistrate: Q. Caecilius Q.f. Q.n. Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica

47–46 B.C.

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

3.88 g, 4:00, 18 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Dr. John G. Adams, B.A. 1874

Accession Number

2001.87.2033

Geography

Made in Africa, Roman province

Culture

Roman

Period

1st century B.C.

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Head of Africa r., laureate and wearing elephant's skin; on r., corn-ear; below, plough; on far r., Q. METELL downwards; on l., SCIPIO IMP upwards.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Hercules standing facing, with r. hand on hip and resting arm on club draped with lion's skin (club rests on rock); on r., EPPIVS downwards; on l., LEG F C upwards.
Provenance
Dr. John G. Adams, to about 1900; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1900 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Michael H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974), no. 461/1
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, denarii, money

Marks

Q. METELL SCIPIO IMP, EPPIVS LEG F C

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