Coin Depicting the Goddess Roma

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Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

77 BCE

Roman

The front of this coin is the head of the goddess Roma (personification of the city of ancient Rome) facing right.

On the back is a she-wolf with ROMA inscribed above.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Coin Depicting the Goddess Roma
Origin: Italy
Date: 77 BCE
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Obverse: LXXXXV ROMA Reverse: SATRIE NVS
Dimensions: Diam. 1.7 cm; 3.78 g
Credit Line: Gift of William F. Dunham
Reference Number: 1922.4258
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The Art Institute of Chicago, “New Coins in the Classical Collection,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago vol. 16, no. 4 (September 1922), pp. 50-51.

William F. Dunham (1857-1936), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.

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