Denarius from Rome | Yale University Art Gallery

Early 92 B.C.

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 3.89 g, 12:00, 17.7 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.979
Geography: Made in Rome, Italy
Culture: Roman
Period: 1st century B.C.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Female head r., wearing diadem; behind, BALA downwards; before, control-mark D.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Diana in biga of stags r., holding scepter and reins in l. hand and torch in r. hand, with quiver over shoulder; below, grasshopper; in exergue, C. ALLI. Laurel-wreath border.

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1963–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Michael H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974), no. 336/1b

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, denarii, money

Marks

C. ALLI BALA, grasshopper, D

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Denarius from Rome Artist: Unknown Mint: Rome Magistrate: C. Allius Bala