Coin

Denarius

29-126-736

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-126-736
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Republican Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Rome (Italy)
Creator Alus Postumius Auli Filius Spurii Nepos Albinus
Period Republican Roman Period
Date Made 82 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Bust | Diana | Togate | Ox | Altar | Rock
Inscription Language Latin
Description

Bust of Diana r., draped, with bow and quiver over shoulder; above bucranium; border of dots. Rock, on which stands a lighted altar, bull; on r. of altar, togate figure holding sprinkler (aspergillum) over bull; around counter clock-wise, A·POST·A·F·S·N·ALBIN (AL monogram); border of dots

Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929
Other Number S. 745 - Other Number

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