coin / Bronze / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1991.02.0326
Object Name: coin
Lot: Monks, Dr. George Richard
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Bronze; Copper
Weight: 24.2g
Inscribed: no
Artifact Obverse Inscription: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE
Artifact Reverse Inscription: ROM ET AVG
Full Artifact Description: Bronze Sestertius with head of Augustus. Diam. 0.035 m, Wt. 24.13 g. Mint: Lugdunum (Lyons). Obv.: Laureate head of Augustus facing right, beaded frame, DIVI F PATER PATRIAE CAESAR AVGVSTVS. Rev.: Altar of Rome and Augustus at Lugdunum. Front elevation, decorated with corona civica between laurels, flanked by nude male figures. Framed by winged Victories on columns facing each other, holding coronas, ROM ET AVG below. Very worn. Bronze (Rocks, Paper, Memory; Larson).
Subjects: Augustus
Verbatim Date: 9 - 14 AD
Denomination: sestertius
Authority: Augustus
Mint: Rome
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Laureate head of Augustus right
Coin Obverse Inscription: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE
Coin Reverse Description: Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum (Lyon), decorated with corona civica between laurels, flanked by nude male figures, Victories on columns facing one another, inscription below
Inscription Obverse Text: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE
Exhibition Title: Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin's Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures (exhibit)
Exhibition Curator: Ratté, Christopher
Exhibition Year: 2015
Publication Title: Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin's Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures
Publication Author: Ratte, Christopher, Artin, Wendy, Larson, Katherine A.
Publication Year: 2015
Class Title: Vergil, Aeneid; Roman Kings and Emperors; First Year Seminar in Classical Civilization
Class Instructor: Caston, Ruth; Markus, Donka; Berlin, Netta
Class Department: Latin; Classics
Class Number: 232.001; 231; 121.002
Class Year: 2016
Class Semester: Fall
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1991.02.0326
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0326/dsc_5186.jpg

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Full citation: "coin; Bronze; Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0326/dsc_5186.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.