Denarius from Rome Yale University Art Gallery

137 B.C.

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 3.79 g, 2:00, 20 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.649
Geography: Made in Rome, Italy
Culture: Roman
Period: 2nd century B.C.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatic details

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Helmeted head of Roma r.; behind, jug; before X.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: She-wolf r., suckling twins; behind, ficus Ruminalis, with one bird perching on trunk and two birds perching on upper branches; on l., Faustulus, identified by legend FOSTVLVS; on r., SEX POM; in exergue, ROMA.

Provenance

Hall Park McCullough, to 1967; Stack's, New York, November 20–2, 1967, lot 966; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1967–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Michael H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974), no. 235/1

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, denarii, money, silver

Marks

SEX POM

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