Dublin Core
Title
AE Quadrans (264 D)
Subject
money; coins (money)
Description
The obverse side of the coin features a depiction of the head of Herakles wearing a lion’s skin headdress. Legend claims that Herakles with the help of his Heraklean supernatural powers strangled the vicious Nemean lion with his bare hands to save the inhabitants of Nemea, Greece. The reverse side of the coin features the prow of a galley or boat, which was a sign of dominance over the sea in terms of trade, pirates, and war. Both the obverse and reverse sides of the coin work together to prove the Roman Republic’s success in warfare and military power as it relates to the Gods.
Creator
Rome
Source
Craw 196/4
Publisher
ARTH250 (Professor V. Rousseau, fall 2019)
Date
169-158 BCE
Contributor
Tatum Whiteford
Rights
University Art Collection, University of St. Thomas (St. Paul)
Relation
[no text]
Format
silver (metal)
Language
[no text]
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
2019.02.145
Coverage
Rome, Roman Republic