Denarius from Sicily Artist: Unknown
Mint: Sicily
Magistrate: Sex. Pompeius Magnus Pius

42–40 B.C.

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

3.79 g, 4:00, 17 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.2159

Geography

Made in Sicily

Culture

Roman

Period

1st century B.C.

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Pharos of Messana, surmounted by statue of Neptune, helmeted, holding trident in r. hand and rudder in l. hand and placing l. foot on prow; before, ship l., with aquila in prow and scepter tied with fellet on stern; around clockwise from

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Scylla, wielding rudder with both hands; around clockwise from 8:00, PRA[EF CLASS ET ORAE MAR IT EX] SC.
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1962–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Michael H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974), no. 511/4a
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, denarii, money

Marks

MAG PIVS IMP ITER PRAEF CLAS ET ORAE MAR IT EX SC

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