Denarius from Rome Artist: Unknown
Mint: Rome
Magistrate: L. Critonius
Magistrate: M. Fannius

86 B.C.

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

3.78 g, 9:00, 19 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Professor Tracy Peck, LL.D. 1861, M.A. 1864

Accession Number

2001.87.1405

Geography

Made in Rome, Italy

Culture

Roman

Period

1st century B.C.

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Bust of Ceres r., draped; behind, AED. PL. downwards.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Two male figures seated on bench (subsellium) side by side; on l., P.A; on r., corn-ear; in exergue, M. FAN L. CRIT
Provenance
Professor Tracy Peck,Rome, to about 1921; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1921 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Michael H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974), no. 351/1
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, denarii, money

Marks

AED. PL., P.A., M. FAN, L. CRIT

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