Anonymous Triens, Rome | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1982.99.119
People: Moneyer: L. Caecilius Metellus, Roman
Title: Anonymous Triens, Rome
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: c. 128 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period: Roman Republican period
Culture: Roman Republican
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/174332

Physical Descriptions

Medium

bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

7.47 g

Die Axis

2

Denomination

triens

Inscriptions and Marks

Reverse Inscription: Below, ROMA

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: RRC 262/3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year: 1982
Object Number: 1982.99.119
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Head of Minerva r., wearing Corinthian helmet; behind, four pellets vertical. Border of dots.
Rev.: Prow r.; above, elephant's head; before, four pellets vertical; below, ROMA.

Verification Level

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