Roman coins front and back9/17/2023 The obverse of the coin shows the head of a winged Victory probably with the hairstyle and features of Antony's wife Fulvia. Inscription identifies Antony as triumvir. 44-42 BCEĪntony is shown with a beard, indicating mourning for the assassinated Julius Caesar.Ĭhicago, Art Institute. Credits: Barbara McManus,ĭenarius with head of Mark Antony, c. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2012Īnd veiled head to indicate mourning for the assassinated Juliusīoston, Museum of Fine Arts. Rome, Palazzo dei Conservatori (Capitoline Museums). Since Agrippa died in March of 12 BCE, the coin may have been issued after his death as a Wearing a mural and rostral crown (combining city walls with a ship's beak, celebrating his land and naval This coin was issued under Augustus, with Cossus Cornelius Lentulus as moneyer. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Rome mint, 12 BCE The legend names the place of issue, COL NEM. Reverse: crocodile holding a palm branch and chained to a palm tree over which a wreathįlutters, symbolizing the conquest of Egypt. Not only his victory, but also his descent from the deified Julius Caesar. Augustus wears the corona civica made of oak leaves, and the legend IMP DIVI celebrates Ornamented with a representation of a ship's beak, to celebrate the naval victory at Actium. Obverse: back-to-back heads of Agrippa and Augustus. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2005īrass dupondius issued at the colony of Nemausus (Nimes) in Gaul, c. Sulpicius Platorinus.īerlin, Pergamon Museum. The reverse depicts Marcus Agrippa, son-in-law and premier general of Augustus the inscription names Agrippa and the moneyer, C. Rome, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme (National Museums). He later joined forces with Antony and ultimately with Octavian. The inscription salutes Ahenobarbus, son of Lucius, as Imperator, referring to the naval victory won by Ahenobarbus on the first day of the battle at Philippi. The reverse depicts a tetrastyle temple of Neptune, perhaps the Aedes Neptuni on the Campus Martius (the word NEPT appears above the temple) see previous entry for the obverse of this coin. Paris, Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque Nationale. The obverse contains a portrait of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus or one of his ancestors the inscription reads simply AHENOBARB see next entry for the reverse of this coin. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001Īureus of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, 41-40 CE, issued in the region of the Adriatic or Ionian Sea The coin depicts a banker's table ( trapeza) piled high with coins. Silver drachm of the city of Trapezus on the Black Sea, c. The heated metal would be poured into the mold when it had partially hardened the resulting flans would be used for stiking coins. The standing man strikes the ensemble with a hammer. The seated man uses tongs to hold the punch die over the anvil die, with the metal flan between them. Reverse depicts coinmaking tools anvil die with punch die above, tongs and hammer onĭrawing illustrating process of striking coins, modern Credits: Barbara McManus, 2008.Ībove denarius, issued by moneyer T. The mint for making coins was adjacent to this temple and the goddess In 390 BCE, the sacred geese of Juno warned ( monere) the Romans about an impendingĪttack by Gauls, hence her temple on the Capitoline was dedicated to Juno 23 BCE, using the same coins as the previous diagram values are denoted in relation to the copper as and also to the next lowest denomination.ĭenarius depicting Juno Moneta, issued by moneyer T. This shows the coinage as reformed by Augustus c. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2006ĭiagram explaining equivalent values of Roman coins, with relative size and denominations smaller version 23 BCE the coins are ancient (aureus, denarius, and sestertius of Vitellius, 69 CE dupondius, as, semis, and quadrans of Nero, 54-68 CE). McManusĬoins from the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo,Ĭoins from the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland,ĭenominations showing relative sizes and names of coins McManus Images Index Roman Coins: Republic and Principate Index of Images, Roman Coins: Republic and Principate: Barbara F.
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