Denarius of Julius Caesar, Africa

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2008.115.142
People: Issued by Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE)
Title: Denarius of Julius Caesar, Africa
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 47-46 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa
Period: Roman Republican period
Culture: Roman Republican
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/185995

Physical Descriptions

Medium

silver

Metal

AR

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

3.75 g

Denomination

denarius

Inscriptions and Marks

Reverse Inscription: To r., CAESAR downwards

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: RRC 458/1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year: 2008
Object Number: 2008.115.142
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Diademed head of Venus r.
Rev.: Aeneas r., holding Palladium and carrying Anchises on his shoulder; to r., CAESAR downwards.

Subjects and Contexts

Ancient Coins

Verification Level

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2008.115.142: Denarius of Julius Caesar, Africa