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Aureus with head of Pietas, struck under C. Julius Caesar and A. Hirtius
Roman
Republican Period
about 46 B.C.
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 20.5 mm. Weight: 8.03 gm. Die Axis: 3
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1975.759
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: head of Pietas, right, veiled.
C.CAESAR COS.TER
Reverse: Sacrificial implements: lituus, jug, and axe.
AHIRTIVSPR
C.CAESAR COS.TER
Reverse: Sacrificial implements: lituus, jug, and axe.
AHIRTIVSPR
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; June 11, 1975: gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA as Apparatus (reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, March 10, 1976)