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Maker(s):Sextus Pompeius (moneyer)
Culture:Roman; Republican
Title:Denarius of Roma
Date Made:137 BCE
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Silver (AG)
Place Made:Europe; Italy; Rome
Measurements:18mm; 3.979g
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION: rev., circumscribed outer edge (stamped): SEX POM, ROMA
Accession Number:  MH 2004.13.154
Credit Line:Gift of the Estate of Nathan Whitman
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: Head of Rome right, wearing winged helmet and earrings. Jug in left field
Reverse: She-wolf, standing right, suckling Romulus and Remus. Shephard in left field, birds on fig tree behind; SEX POM, Exergue reads ROMA.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; numismatics

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