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© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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