Denarius

88-13-115

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 88-13-115
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Republican Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Rome (Italy)
Period Roman Republican Period
Date Made 133-126 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Roma | Head | Jug | Wolf | Romulus | Remus | Fig Tree | Birds | Faustulus
Description

Obv: Roma head r., on 1., jug; below chin, X

Rev: SEX.PO.FOSTLVS wolf r., suckling twins; behind fig tree with birds in branches; on l. shepherd Faustulus stg. in ex. ROMA

Outside Diameter 1.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Classical Studies, 1988
Other Number 27 - Other Number

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