1963.44.54: Denarius of L. Sempronius Pitio, Rome
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1963.44.54
- People
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Moneyer: L. Sempronius Pitio, Roman
- Title
- Denarius of L. Sempronius Pitio, Rome
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- c. 148 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
- Period
- Roman Republican period
- Culture
- Roman Republican
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/180686
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.6 g
- Die Axis
- 3
- Denomination
- denarius
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: Behind, PITIO downwards; before, mark of value (X)
- Reverse Inscription: Below, L.SEMP (MP in ligature); below, in linear frame, ROMA
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- RRC 216/1
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Aimée and Rosamond Lamb in memory of William Eliot Lamb, Class of 1858, Keeper and Cataloguer of the coins of the University in that year
- Accession Year
- 1963
- Object Number
- 1963.44.54
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Helmeted head of Roma r.; behind, PITIO downwards; before, mark of value (X). Border of dots.
Rev.: Dioscuri r.; below, L.SEMP (MP in ligature); below, in linear frame, ROMA. Line border.
Verification Level
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