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Accession_Number TEMP.2003.7.49
Shape Coin
Shape_description Sestertius
Material Silver
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Obverse: Head of Julius Caesar, facing right, inscribed (behind head) 'Julius'. Reverse: the bare head of Augustus, facing right, inscribed (around head) 'Caesar. Divi. F.'
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. Both sides of the coin are worn down, and the sides are chipped. There appears to be some small bits of green weathering around the coin.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period Roman
Date 37
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2008.02.0114.jpg
Obverse

2008.02.0117.jpg
Reverse
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters 3.0
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 10.1.3
Edited_by Sarah; Jayne Holly
Date_edited 23.07.2003; 01.05.2018
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