Denarius of Crispina, reign of Commodus - 1966.50

Acquisition number: 1966.50

Other images

Rev.: Juno, veiled, holding a patera and a sceptre

Obv.: Bust of Crispina r., draped, hair crimped at side of face, waved and drawn back in chignon on neck.  CRISPINA AVGVUSTA.

Rev.: Juno standing l., veiled, draped, with sceptre in left hand and patera (shallow dish for offerings) in right. IVNO.

Title: Denarius of Crispina, reign of Commodus - 1966.50

Acquisition number: 1966.50

Author or editor: Beryl Rawson

Culture or period: Roman Imperial

Date: AD 180-183

Material: Metal - Silver

Object type: Coins - Roman

Dimensions: 19mm (w)

Origin region or location: Italy

Origin city: Rome

Display case or on loan: 7

Keywords: Coin, denarius, Roman, Imperial, Crispina, Commodus, Juno

Seaby, H.A., Roman Silver Coins (London, B.A. Seaby, 1967) 22; Mattingly, H., E.A. Sydenham, C.H. Sutherland, R.A. Carson, The Roman Imperial Coinage 13 vols (London,  Spink, 1923-1994)  III . 284; Robertson, A. Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet, University of Glasgow 5 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962-1982) II 449 no. 9 and pl.123; Breglia, L., Roman Imperial Coins: Their Art and Technique (New York, F.A. Praeger, 1968) 55 and pll. XXXIV-XXXV.

1966.50

Denarius of Crispina, reign of Commodus

3.229 g. AD 180-183

Obv.: Bust of Crispina r., draped, hair crimped at side of face, waved and drawn back in chignon on neck.  CRISPINA AVGVUSTA.

Rev.: Juno standing l., veiled, draped, with sceptre in left hand and patera (shallow dish for offerings) in right. IVNO.

Crispina, wife of Commodus, was granted the title ‘Augusta’ on her marriage in AD

178. She was disgraced and banished during Commodus’ reign — probably in AD 183, through implication in Lucilla’s conspiracy.

Juno was one of the major Roman goddesses associated also with other imperial women of the Antonine period.

Seaby, H.A., Roman Silver Coins (London, B.A. Seaby, 1967) 22; Mattingly, H., E.A. Sydenham, C.H. Sutherland, R.A. Carson, The Roman Imperial Coinage 13 vols (London,  Spink, 1923-1994)  III . 284; Robertson, A. Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet, University of Glasgow 5 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962-1982) II 449 no. 9 and pl.123; Breglia, L., Roman Imperial Coins: Their Art and Technique (New York, F.A. Praeger, 1968) 55 and pll. XXXIV-XXXV.