From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Denarius of Petillius Capitolinus, Rome (plated)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1997.260.433
People: Moneyer: Petillius Capitolinus, Roman
Title: Denarius of Petillius Capitolinus, Rome (plated)
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: c. 43 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

2.9 g

Die Axis

Denomination

denarius

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: Behind, CAPITOLINVS downwards
Reverse Inscription: Below, PETILLIVS

Provenance

Gift of Richard Wells

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: RRC 487/1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Estate of H. Bartlett Wells
Accession Year: 1997
Object Number: 1997.260.433
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Head of Jupiter r.; behind, [CAPITOLINVS] downwards. Border of dots.
Rev.: Hexastyle temple (Capitoline); roof decorated with horse at each side and horseman at apex; within pediment, uncertain figure; between central four columns, hanging decorations; below, [PETILLIVS]. Border of dots.

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