Roman Imperial coin – HCR88847

Obverse

Inscription:

VESTA P R QVIRITIVM

Design:

Bust of Vesta, with stephane and veil, right; lighted torch in front

Reverse

Inscription:

I O MAX CAPITOLINVS

Design:

Jupiter seated left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left, in distyle temple with wreath in pediment

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Civil Wars (68 – 69 CE)

Reign

Anonymous (Civil Wars) (68 – 69 CE)

Mint

Uncertain Hispano-Roman mint (Roman Imperial), Uncertain Gallo-Roman mint (Roman Imperial)

Denomination

denarius

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 69

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.91

Axis

Diameter (mm)

17.8

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1941

Source

Sir Arthur Evans

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans, 1941.

plated

Reference

RIC I (first edition) : 6

Reference

RIC I (second edition) : 128A

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).cw.128A

Reference

Butcher, Kevin, and Ponting, Matthew - 2014 - The metallurgy of Roman silver coinage : from the reform of Nero to the reform of Trajan : pp.309-312

Note:

Metallurgical analysis suggests metal of Jupiter/Vesta types are of Spanish origin.

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, mspencer-brown, mmaliczowski