Denarius from Moving mint Artist: Unknown
Mint: Moving mint
Magistrate: Cn. Pompeius Magnus, Roman, 106-48 BCE
Magistrate: M. Terentius Varro

49 B.C.

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

3.97 g, 7:00, 17 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.1894

Geography

Made in Roman Empire

Culture

Roman

Period

1st century B.C.

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Terminal bus of Jupiter r., wearing diadem; behind, VARRO PRO Q downwards.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Scepter upright; on l., dolphin; on r., eagle; in exergue, MAGN PRO over COS.
Provenance
Spink Numismatic Circular, London, February 1972, lot 1029; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1972–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Michael H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974), no. 447/1a
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, denarii, money

Marks

VARRO PRO Q, MAGN PRO COS

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