Silver Coin, Rome, 96 BC 1944.100.725

Physical Description

• Axis: 8

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 3.9

Typological Description

Source: RRC 335/3d

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 95 BCE - 92 BCE
• Denomination: Denarius
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Issuer: L. Caecilius Metellus
  • • State: Roman Republic
  • Issuer: C. Publicius Malleolus
  • • State: Roman Republic
  • Issuer: A. Postumius Albinus

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome

• Obverse

  • Symbol (Above): Hammer
  • Symbol (Below): X (crossed; denominational mark)
  • Portrait: Mars

• Reverse

  • Symbol (Behind): Grasshopper

References

• Reference: RRC 335/3d
• Reference: S 615a

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1944.100.725
• Department: Roman
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • Bequest of E.T. Newell

Subjects

• Series: Crawford

Rights

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