- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2008.115.104
- 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
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.65 g
- Die Axis
- 7
- Denomination
- denarius
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- 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
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- Standard Reference Number
- RRC 216/1
- Acquisition and Rights
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- 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
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- 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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