Denarius Serratus (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Diana

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Denarius Serratus (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Diana

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Date
about 81 BCE
Medium
Silver
Culture
Roman Empire
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
139847

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The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the head of the goddess Diana facing to the right, with a quiver and bow on her shoulder. The skull and horn of an ox (called a bucranium) is in the field above. The back (reverse) depicts a priest in a toga facing to the left with his right hand raised as he sprinkles water over a sacrifical ox. A small lighted altar is between them. The inscription around the scene, A. POST. A. F. S. N. ALBIN, refers to the moneyer Aulus Postumius Albinus.

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Credit line
Gift of William F. Dunham
Provenance
William F. Dunham (1857-1936), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1920.

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AAT300037334

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