Denarius from Rome Mint: Rome
Magistrate: Q. Pomponius Musa

66 B.C.

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

4.15 g, 7:00, 19.5 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.1690

Geography

Made in Rome, Italy

Culture

Roman

Period

1st century B.C.

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Head of Apollo r.; behind, star.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Urania l., holding rod in r. hand and pointing to globe on tripod; on r., Q. POMPONI downwards; on l., MVSA downwards.
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1962 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Michael H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974), no. 410/8.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, denarii, money

Marks

Q. POMPONI MVSA, star

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