Anonymous Romano-Campanian Didrachm, Rome (Counterfeit)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1942.176.23
People: Anonymous
Title: Anonymous Romano-Campanian Didrachm, Rome (Counterfeit)
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 225 BCE-212 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period: Roman Republican period
Culture: Roman Republican
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/180071

Physical Descriptions

Medium: gold (plated)
Metal: AV
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 2.87 g
Die Axis: 12
Denomination: didrachm

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: RRC 28/3

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: 1942.176.23
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Laureate, Janiform head of the Dioscuri. Border of dots.
Rev.: Jupiter in quadriga r., driven by Victory; Jupiter holds sceptre in l. hand and thunderbolt in upraised r. hand; (uninscribed?) tablet below. Line border.

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