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Quinarius of Cato the Younger
Obverse: Head of Liber, wreathed in ivy, right; beaded border. Reverse: Victory, seated right, holding patera (ceremonial dish) in right hand, palm branch in left; beaded border.
This coin was issued in Africa and dates from the period after the Battle of Pharsalus (48 BCE) when Cato was the main surviving Pompeian in the Roman civil war. He was defeated by Caesar’s forces in 46 BCE at the Battle of Thapsus and committed suicide at Utica, his headquarters, shortly thereafter.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Tunisia, North Africa, Utica (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Max diam: 9/16 in. (1.35 cm); axis: 6:00
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
59.569