Add to albumThis silver coin was minted in Rome by Caius Allius Bala in 92 BC. It is a type called a denarius, the most common Roman silver coin. This picture shows the reverse of the coin.
Diana, the goddess of women, childbirth and the hunt, drives a vehicle called a biga pulled by stags. She holds a sceptre and torch, and has a quiver over her shoulder. Below is a grasshopper and the legend 'C.ALLI', referring to the moneyer.
Later silver coins of the Roman Republic often had control-marks - letters or symbols which were probably used to record the number of dies supplied to the officials. This moneyer used a grasshopper, which in some issues is combined with another symbol.
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- Online ID: 000-190-000-399-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.C15182
- Date: 92
92 BC
- Material: Silver; both sides slightly off-centre; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Diademed female head to right; behind, BALA, downwards; G, sideways, below / Rev. Diana in biga of stags to right, holding sceptre and torch, and with quiver over shoulder; grasshopp
Coin Type: Crawford 336/1b
Coin, denarius
- Dimensions: 18.50 x 17.00 mm D / Die Axis: 7.5
- What: Coin Type: Crawford 336/1b
Coin, denarius
- Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
- Who: C. Allius Bala (Maker)
Diana
- Where: Italy, Rome
Roman Republic
- Event:
- Description: Silver denarius of Rome, struck by C. Allius Bala, 92 BC
- References:
- Crawford, M.H. Roman Republican Coinage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.
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