Silver Coin, Rome, 81 BC 1896.7.74

Physical Description

• Axis: 10

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 3.71

Typological Description

Source: RRC 372/1

• Object Type: Coin
• Date: 81 BCE
• Denomination: Denarius Serratus
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Issuer: A. Postumius Albinus
  • • State: Roman Republic

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome

• Obverse

  • Type: Bust of Diana, right, draped, with bow and quiver over shoulder. Border of dots.
  • Symbol (Above): Bucranium
  • Portrait: Diana

• Reverse

  • Legend: A·POST·A·F·S·N·A͡LBIN
  • Type: Rock, on which stands lighted altar; on left, bull; on right, togate figure holding sprinkler (aspergillum) over bull. Border of dots.

References

• Reference: RRC 372/1
• Reference: S 745

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1896.7.74
• Department: Roman
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Subjects

• Series: Crawford

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Public Domain Mark (images)
• Rights: No Copyright - United States