2008.115.147: Denarius of Sextus Pompey, Sicily
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.115.147
- People
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Issued by Sextus Pompey, Roman (c. 76/70-35 BCE)
- Title
- Denarius of Sextus Pompey, Sicily
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 42 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Sicily
- Period
- Roman Republican period
- Culture
- Roman Republican
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/186328
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.6 g
- Denomination
- denarius
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: Around, clockwise, [MAG.PIVS.IMP.]ITER
- Reverse Inscription: Above, PRAEF (AE in ligature); in exergue, CLAS.ET.ORAE (AE in ligature) | MARIT.EX.S.C.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- RRC 511/3a
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
- Accession Year
- 2008
- Object Number
- 2008.115.147
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Head of Pompey the Great r.; around, clockwise, [MAG.PIVS.IMP.]ITER; to l., capis; to r., lituus.
Rev.: Neptune, holding aplustre and resting foot on prow; to either side, Catanaean brother holding parent; above, PRAEF (AE in ligature); in exergue, [C]LAS.ET.ORAE (AE in ligature) | [MARI]T.EX.S.C.
Exhibition History
- The Portrait, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2004 - 01/09/2005
Verification Level
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