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Aureus with head of Apollo, struck under C. Vibius Varus
Roman
Republican Period
about 42 B.C.
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 8.07 gm.
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number60.518
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo, right, barley wreath in hair.
Dotted border.
Reverse: Venus, half-draped, facing away, leaning on column and looking in mirror.
C.VIBIVS (at left) at right: VARVS
Dotted border.
Reverse: Venus, half-draped, facing away, leaning on column and looking in mirror.
C.VIBIVS (at left) at right: VARVS
ProvenanceBy 1960: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (Münzen und Medaillen auction 21, March 19, 1960, lot 5, citing Merzbacher auction, November 1909, lot 1084 and Vierordt auction, 1923, lot 434); purchased at Münzen und Medaillen auction 21 on behalf of MFA by Spink & Son, Ltd., 5, 6 & 7 King Street, St. James's, London, S.W. 1; May 11, 1960: purchased by MFA from Spink & Son, Ltd. for Swiss fr. 8,221 (this is the total price for 60.518-60.525)