Denarius
29-126-872
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-126-872 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Republican Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Rome (Italy) |
| Creator | Manius Cordius Rufus |
| Period | Republican Roman Period |
| Date Made | 46BC |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Silver |
| Iconography | Manius Cordius Rufus | Venus Verticordia |
| Description | Jugate heads of Dioscuri r., wearing laureate pilei decorated with fillets; around counter-clockwise, RVFVS·IIIVIR; border of dots. Venus standing l., holding scales in r. hand and scepter in l. hand, with Cupid perched on shoulder; behind, MN·CORDIVS (MN monogram) downwards; border of dots. |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number | S. 976c - Other Number |
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