Collection Highlights
Portrait of a Heroic Fireman
ca. 1857
1937.328
Polychrome painted and carved wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
As (Roman coin)
Object name
As (Roman coin)
Date
ca. 28-9 B.C.
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Description
Obv: IMP/DIVIF above and below busts of M. Agrippa and Augustus, back to back. Agrippa, l., wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath. Augustus bare-headed. Rev. COL-NEM, l. and r. of palm-shoot. Above, wreath with long ties; below, chained crocodile. Below crocodile, palmettes.
Object Number
INV.10699
Gallery Label
This coin was struck under Augustus at the mint in Nemausus (Nimes), which was operant between ca. 28 B.C. and 14 A.D.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
