Republican Denarius

Place of OriginRome

Date102-100 BCE

DimensionsDiam.: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)

MediumCoin; die-stamped silver.

ClassificationMetalwork

Credit LineGift of Carl B. Spitzer

Object number

1934.32

Not on View

DescriptionObverse: Head of Roma in winged helmet, facing right; under chin: X; before head: LABEO; behind: ROMA. Reverse: Q FABI (in exerque). Jupiter, naked to the waist, in quadriga moving to the right, horses galloping; he hurls thunderbolt with right hand and holds sceptre and reins in left; under horses: prow moving to the right.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Grueber, H.A., Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum, London, 1910, vol. II, p. 264.