Sestertius / Bronze
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1991.02.0312
- Object Name
- Sestertius
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Coins
- Materials
- Bronze
- Thickness
- 0.35 cm
- Weight
- 20.6 g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Artifact Obverse Inscription
- Before, CAESAR downwards; behind, DIVI F downwards.
- Artifact Reverse Inscription
- Before, DIVOS downwards; before, IVLIVS downwards.
- Date Made/Origin
- 38 BCE
- Earliest Date
- 38 BCE
- Latest Date
- 38 BCE
- Verbatim Date
- 38 BC ?
- Production Site
- site
- Denomination
- sestertius
- Authority
- Octavian
- Mint
- Italy
- Countermark
- no
- Coin Obverse Description
- Bare-headed Octavian, bearded, to right.
- Coin Obverse Inscription
- Before, CAESAR downwards; behind, DIVI F downwards.
- Coin Reverse Description
- Wreathed head of Caius Julius Caesar right
- Inscription Obverse Text
- Before, CAESAR downwards; behind, DIVI F downwards.
- Exhibition Title
- Images of Empire; Flavian Fragments in Rome and Ann Arbor Rejoined
- Exhibition Curator
- Gazda, Elaine
- Class Title
- Roman Kings and Emperors
- From Caesar to Augustus: Rome's Triumviral Period (W2020)
- Julius Caesar (W2020)
- Greek Numismatics/Roman Numismatics (W2022)
- Roman Sculpture: Image and Identity (F2023- Visit 1)
- Class Instructor
- Markus, Donka
- Berlin, Netta
- Schultz, Celia
- Soto-Marin, Irene
- Barham, Nicola
- Class Department
- Classics
- Latin
- CLCIV
- CLARCH
- HISTART
- Class Number
- 231
- 436.001
- 125.002
- 632
- 426.001
- Class Year
- 2014
- 2020
- 2022
- 2023
- Class Semester
- Fall
- Winter
- Type Category
- Numismatic
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 127 KB
- Record
- 1991.02.0312
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0312/1991_02_0312p02.tif
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- Manifest
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/kelsey:1991.02.0312:1991_02_0312P02.TIF
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"Sestertius; Bronze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0312/1991_02_0312p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.