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pentonkion, Roman Republic, 81 BCE
pentonkion, Roman Republic, 81 BCE
Object numberCC59.2.0196

pentonkion, Roman Republic, 81 BCE

Date81 BCE
CultureItalian
MediumSilver
DimensionsCoin Dimensions: 1.83 cm, 3.81 g
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968
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PeriodRoman Republic
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Obverse Description
A border of dots surrounds the draped bust of Diana, facing right, with a bow and quiver over her shoulder.  There is a bucranium above.
Reverse Description
A border of dots surrounds a rock, on which there is a lighted altar.  There is a bull on the left of the altar and a togate figure, holding an aspergillum over the bull, on the right of the altar.  A POST A F S N ALBIN is inscribed around.
Reverse Expanded
AULUS POSTUMIUS AULI FILIUS SPURII NEPOS ALBINUS
Reverse Legend
A POST A F S N ALBIN
Reverse Translated
Aulus Postumius Albinus, son of Aulus, grandson of Spurius
BibliographyCrawford, 372.1
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