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Maker/s	Vespasian (69-79) (ruler) Titus (79-81) struck in the name of (ruler) Roman Empire (state) Rome (mint)
Category	coin
Name	denarius (denomination) Roman Imperial (Series)
Material/s	silver
Dimensions	weight: 3.36 g
Date	79
Provenance	given: The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1938-11-07 (Filtered for: Coins and Medals) Purchased from A.F. Hutchinson, St John's College, 1938; found by "Peasants" near Crossus.
Inscriptions/Marks	design Position: reverse Description: Venus standing right leaning on cippus with helmet and transverse sceptre inscription Position: reverse Description: TR POT VIII COS VII
Production Place	Rome (mint) (place)
Catalogue ref/s	2.45.255 Mattingly, Harold B. (1923-50) Coins of the Roman empire in the British Museum, vols 1-5 , London? 2.38.205 Mattingly, Harold B. Sydenham, E.A. et al. (1923-94) The Roman Imperial Coinage , London : Spink and Son Ltd. RI-0628
Accession Number	CM.156-1938 (Coins and Medals) (Reference Number: 146900; Input Date: 2007-05-30 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)
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