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Denarius with head of Roma, struck under Sex. Julius Caesar

Roman
Republican Period
about 129 B.C.
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 17.5 mm. Weight: 3.94 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line Storer Collection
Accession Number32.774
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Head of Roma, right.
Monogram under chin; behind, anchor.
Reverse: Venus Genetrix, crowned by Cupid, driving biga to right.
ROMA (above) SEXIV[L]I (below horses) CAISAR (in exergue)


ProvenanceBy date unknown: Storer Collection; accessioned as Storer Collection, 1932