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Denarius with female bust, struck under M. Porcius Cato
Roman
Republican Period
about 89 B.C.
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 3.92 gm.
Credit Line
Deposited by The Boston Athenaeum
Accession Number13.645
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Female bust, right, wearing diadem, with hair in rolls and collected into knot.
Behind: ROMA; below: M CATO
Reverse: Victory, draped, seated to the right, holding patera in extended right hand and palm branch in left hand.
Below seat: ST in exergue: VICTRIX
Behind: ROMA; below: M CATO
Reverse: Victory, draped, seated to the right, holding patera in extended right hand and palm branch in left hand.
Below seat: ST in exergue: VICTRIX