Republican Denarius

Place of OriginRome

Dateabout 101 BCE

DimensionsDiam.: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)

MediumCoin; die-stamped silver.

ClassificationMetalwork

Credit LineGift of Carl B. Spitzer

Object number

1934.31

Not on View

DescriptionObverse: Head of Jupiter facing right, laureate, leter under head. Reverse: T CLO I (in the field). Victory standing facing right, draped, holding palm in left hand and with right hand placing wreath on trophy, supported on the head of a seated captive, behind whom is a Gaulish military trumpet; in the exerque: Q.

Published References

Grueber, H.A., Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum, London, 1970, vol. I, pp. 165-169.