From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Denarius of L. Sempronius Pitio, Rome

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2008.115.104
People: 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

Physical Descriptions

Medium

silver

Metal

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

3.65 g

Die Axis

Denomination

denarius

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: Behind, PITIO; 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, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year: 2008
Object Number: 2008.115.104
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Helmeted head of Roma; behind, PITIO; before, mark of value (X).
Rev.: Dioscuri r.; below, L.SEMP (MP in ligature); below, in linear frame, ROMA.

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