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Denarius with bust of Mercury, struck under C. Mamilius Limetanus
Roman
Republican Period
about 82 B.C.
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 4.06 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Gift of the Boston Numismatic Society
Accession Number98.1135
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Mercury, right, wearing winged petasus and chlamys;
behind, caduceus.
A (behind)
Reverse: Ulysses walking to right, wearing mariner's dress and pileus, carrying staff and extending right hand toward dog, Argus.
CMAMIL LIME[T]AN
Serrate flan
behind, caduceus.
A (behind)
Reverse: Ulysses walking to right, wearing mariner's dress and pileus, carrying staff and extending right hand toward dog, Argus.
CMAMIL LIME[T]AN
Serrate flan
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Boston Numismatic Society Collection; February 1, 1898: gift of the Boston Numismatic Society to MFA