Denarius from Rome Artist: Unknown
Mint: Rome
Magistrate: M. Aemilius Scaurus
Magistrate: P. Hypsaeus

ca. 58 B.C.

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

3.76 g, 6:00, 17.5 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897

Accession Number

2001.87.207

Geography

Made in Rome, Italy

Culture

Roman

Period

1st century B.C.

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Holding reins in l. hand and olive branch tied with fillet in r.; above, M SCAVR; on either side, AED CVR; below, REX ARETAS

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Jupiter in quadriga l. holding reins in l. hand and hurling thunderbolt with r.; below horses, scorpion. Above, P HYPSAEVS / AED CVR; below, C HYPSAE COS / PREIVE; on r., CAPTV.
Provenance
Irving Dillaye-Van, to about 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Michael H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974),
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, denarii, money

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