VAT 314

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 3.29

Typological Description

Source: RRC 398/1

• Object Type: Coin
• Date: 73 BCE
• Denomination: Denarius
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Issuer: Q. Pomponius Rufus
  • • State: Roman Republic

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome

• Obverse

  • Legend: RVFVS S·C
  • Type: Laureate head of Jupiter, right. Border of dots.
  • Portrait: Jupiter

• Reverse

  • Legend: Q·POMPONI
  • Type: Eagle perched on sceptre with left foot and holding wreath with right foot. Border of dots.
  • Symbol (Below): Control-mark
  • Symbol (Behind): Control-mark

References

• Citation: Alteri, Giancarlo.. Tipologia delle monete delle Repubblica di Roma (con particolare riferimento al denario): catalogo delle mostra, Salone Sistino (21 aprile-30 settembre 1990). Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1990.

Administrative History

• Collection: Vatican Museums

Notes

• Schaefer Notes: Plated?; obv and rev dies = Bol

Rights

• License: Public Domain Mark (images)
• Rights: No Copyright - United States