Issuing authority

Roman Republic

Kind: republic
Region: Southern Europe, Europe

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

Individual types and documented families

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100%

8 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

158 BC – 38 BC

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Catalogue entries (8)

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Uncertain mint, Octavia, tetradrachm — Bust of Octavia on Cista (CN type 22342)

Photograph: Dirk Sonnenwald; Corpus Nummorum (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities); specimen held by ikmk.smb.museum

ancient coins

Uncertain mint, Octavia, tetradrachm — Bust of Octavia on Cista (CN type 22342)

c. 39 BC

Tetradrachm in silver under Octavia, dated c. 39 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22342 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city). Obverse: Head of Marcus Antonius, right, lituus downwards, within ivy wre…

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Cleveland Museum of Art

ancient coins

Tetradrachm: Macedonian Shield with Head of Artemis (obverse); Club (Cleveland Museum of Art 1916.978)

158–150 BCE

Although Macedon was conquered by Rome in 168 BC, its mints continued to produce Hellenistic-style coinage. The obverse of this coin shows Artemis, identifiable by her bow and quiver, centered within an ornate Macedonian shield. On the reverse, a club is enclosed by a wreath and an inscription ascribing this coin to…

Documented

Partial type record

Denarius from the Roman Republic by the moneyer Decimus Junius Silanus, 91 BC

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

ancient coins

Denarius from the Roman Republic by the moneyer Decimus Junius Silanus, 91 BC

91 BC

Silver coin. Obverse: head of the goddess Roma facing right. Reverse: Victory in a biga (two-horse chariot), in the exergue the name of the moneyer Silanus. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0033A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measur…

Documented

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Silver denarius serratus of Mamilius Limetanus, Roman, 82 BCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

ancient coins

Silver denarius serratus of Mamilius Limetanus, Roman, 82 BCE

82 BCE

Denarius in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 08.170.82), catalogued by the museum's Greek and Roman Art department under the title “Silver denarius serratus of Mamilius Limetanus”. The museum dates it 82 BCE and records its origin as Roman; Late Republican. The museum records the medium as Silver…

Documented

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Silver denarius of Brutus, Roman, 54 BCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

ancient coins

Silver denarius of Brutus, Roman, 54 BCE

54 BCE

Denarius in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 08.170.81), catalogued by the museum's Greek and Roman Art department under the title “Silver denarius of Brutus”. The museum dates it 54 BCE and records its origin as Roman; Late Republican. The museum records the medium as Silver and the dimensions as…

Documented

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Silver denarius of Julius Caesar, Roman, 47–46 BCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

ancient coins

Silver denarius of Julius Caesar, Roman, 47–46 BCE

47–46 BCE

Denarius of Julius Caesar in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 08.170.80), catalogued by the museum's Greek and Roman Art department under the title “Silver denarius of Julius Caesar”. The museum dates it 47–46 BCE and records its origin as Roman; Late Republican. The museum records the medium as S…

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Silver denarius of Julius Caesar, Roman, Gaul, 49–48 BCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

ancient coins

Silver denarius of Julius Caesar, Roman, Gaul, 49–48 BCE

49–48 BCE

Denarius in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession X.314.5), catalogued by the museum's Greek and Roman Art department under the title “Silver denarius of Julius Caesar”. The museum dates it 49–48 BCE and records its origin as Roman, Gaul; Late Republican. The museum records the medium as Silver and the…

Documented

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ancient coins

Coin — Aureus of Caius Vibius Varus, Roman Republic, ca. 38 BC

ca. 38 BC

Coin, aureus of Caius Vibius Varus, gold, head of Apollo / Venus with mirror, Roman, ca. 38 BC. Obverse: Head of Apollo. Reverse: Venus, naked to below the waist, standing near a column, She gazes into a mirror held in her left. Inscriptions. The museum record gives material recorded as gold; measurements Diameter 2…

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Dated entries by century

2nd century BC1
1st century BC6

Only the 7 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

Silver7
Gold1

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

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