Denarius from Rome | Yale University Art Gallery

60 B.C.

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 3.75 g, 6:00, 17.4 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Dr. John G. Adams, B.A. 1874
Accession Number: 2001.87.1825
Geography: Made in Rome
Culture: Roman
Period: 1st century B.C.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Bust of Leuconoe r., draped and with variously bejewelled hair; behind, SC and dolphin; before, P. YPSAE downwards.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Jupiter in quadriga l., holding reins in l. hand and hurling thunderbolt with r. hand; below, C. YPSAE COS over PRIV; behind, CEPIT upwards.

Provenance

Dr. John G. Adams, to about 1900; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1900 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Michael H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974), no. 420/2c

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, denarii, money

Marks

P. YPSAE, C. YPSAE COS PRIV CEPIT, dolphin, SC

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Denarius from Rome Artist: Unknown Mint: Rome Magistrate: P. Hypsaeus