- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2002.60.45.28
- People
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Moneyer: L. Valerius Flaccus, Roman
- Title
- Denarius of L. Valerius Flaccus, Rome
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- c. 108 or 107 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
- Period
- Roman Republican period
- Culture
- Roman Republican
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.8 g
- Die Axis
- 5
- Denomination
- denarius
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- (not assigned): Green oxidation(?) on reverse.
- Reverse Inscription: To l., L.VALERI/FLACCI downwards
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- RRC 306/1
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of W.C. Burriss Young
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.60.45.28
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obv.: Draped bust of Victory r.; before, mark of value (XVI in monogram). Border of dots.
Rev.: Mars walking l., holding spear with point downwards in r. hand and trophy over l. shoulder; before, apex (flamen's cap); behind, corn-ear; to l., L.VALERI/FLACCI downwards. Border of dots. Green oxidation and scratches in r. field.
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