Denarius

88-13-142

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 88-13-142
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Republican Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Rome (Italy)
Period Roman Republican Period
Date Made ca. 47 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Mask | Medusa | Serpent | Aurora | Winged | Palm Branch | Four Horses of the Sun
Description

Obv: Mask of Medusa facing; on each side a coiled serpent; below L. PLAVTIUS

Rev: Aurora, winged with palm branch flying r. and leading the four horses of the sun; below, PLANCUS

Outside Diameter 2 cm
Credit Line Gift of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Classical Studies, 1988
Other Number 94 - Other Number

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