25 Denarius with portrait of Julius Caesar, struck by M

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Description: Denarius with portrait of Julius Caesar

TitleDenarius with portrait of Julius Caesar

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator roleMetalist

Creation date44 BC

Object typeCoin/Medal

MaterialsSilver

Dimensions4.102 grams

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=243242001&objectId=1145226&partId=1

Accession numberR.9060

SubjectsCoins, RomanPortrait sculpture in numismaticsMen--PortraitsProfile portraits

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Chapter I: The Art of the Republic

Diana E. E. Kleiner

Roman Sculpture

~Forerunners: Etruscan, Greek, and Mid-Italic

Author

Diana E. E. Kleiner

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.23-55

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00185.002

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19172&redirecttoanchor=42549

Chapter subject tags:Sculpture, RomanArt, EtruscanRome--HistoryRoman she-wolf (Roman mythology)Portrait sculpture, RomanArts, Roman--Greek influencesRelief (Sculpture), RomanPortrait sculpture in numismaticsRome--History, MilitarySocial classes, RomeFuneral rites and ceremonies--RomePompeius, Gnaeus, approximately 75 B.C.-45 B.C.Caesar, JuliusAntonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C.Women--Portraits, Roman

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