Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　
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On the side of the coin on the left is a man's head facing right, short hair slightly sticking up in front; to the left, a small jug; to the right, a curved staff: surrounding the border, small dots and the characters: M A G. P I V S. I M P. I T E R. The other side of the coin depicts a man standing facing left, wearing a crown, holding the curved ornamented back of a ship in right hand, cloak over left arm, right leg raised and resting on a pointed structure; on either side, two men wih people on their shoulders; below, the characters: C L A S. E T. O R A E / M A R I T.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.176.52
People
Issued by Sextus Pompey, Roman (c. 76/70-35 BCE)
Title
Denarius of Sextus Pompey, Sicily
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
42 BCE-40 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Sicily
Period
Roman Republican period
Culture
Roman Republican
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/179596

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3700, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Roman Art
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.66 g
Die Axis
2
Denomination
denarius
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: Around, clockwise, MAG.PIVS.IMP.ITER
  • Reverse Inscription: PRAEF (AE in ligature); in exergue, CLAS.ET.ORAE/MARIT.EX.S.C (AE and MAR in ligature)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RRC 511/3a

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.176.52
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Pompey the Great; behind, jug; before, lituus; around, [MAG.]PIVS.IM[P.IT]ER. Border of dots.
Rev.: Neptune standing l., diademed, holding aplustre in r. hand and cloak over l. arm, with r. foot on prow; on either side, one of the Catanaean brothers, bearing his father on his shoulders; above, PR[AEF] (AE in ligature); in exergue, CLAS.ET.OR[AE]/MARIT.EX.S.[C] (AE and MAR in ligature). Border of dots.

Exhibition History

  • Roman Gallery Installation (long-term), Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/16/1999 - 01/20/2008
  • Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008
  • 32Q: 3700 Roman, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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