Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-3C2073
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: 87 BC
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 2.96 g
Diameter: 16 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Republic
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Bearded laureate head of Jupiter facing right with sceptre over shoulder. Partial border of dots showing above head.
Obverse inscription: [DOSSEN]
Reverse description: Triumphal quadriga facing right. Faint border of dots still visible. The side panel decorated with a thunderbolt is no longer visible. Likewise, victory with wreath cannot be seen.
Reverse inscription: [...]VB[...]
Republican moneyer: Rubrius Dossenus, L.
RRC Identifier: RRC 348/1
No coin references available.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Crawford, M.H. | 1975 | Roman Republican Coinage | Cambridge | Cambridge University Press | Plate XLV | Ref fig 348/1 |