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Obverse legend: IMP(erator) CLAVDIVS P(ius) F(elix) AVG(ustus), translation: The Imperator Claudius dutiful and successful; radiate, draped and cuirassed right facing bust of Claudius II (also known as Claudius Gothicus). Reverse legend: FIDES…

Obverse legend: IMP(erator) LICINIVS P(ius) F(elix) AVG(ustus), translation: Imperator Licinius Dutiful and Fortunate Augustus; Laureate and cuirassed bust of Licinius facing right. Reverse legend: SOLI INVICTO COMITI, translation: To my companion,…

Obverse legend: IMP(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) OPEL(lius) SEV(erus) MACRINVS AVG(ustus), translation: Imperator Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus; laureate, cuirassed bust of Macrinus facing right. Reverse legend: FIDES MILITVM,…

Obverse legend: CONSTANTINVS P(ius) F(elix) AVG(ustus), translation: Constantine Dutiful and Successful Augustus; cuirassed and laureate bust of Constantine I facing right. Reverse legend: COMITI AVGG(=Augustorum) NN(=Nostrorum), translation: to the…

Obverse legend: IMP(perator) C(aius) M(essius) Q(uintus) TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG(ustus), translation: Imperator Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus; radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius facing right. Reverse legend: PANNONIA-E,…

Obverse legend: IMP(erator) C(aesar) AVRELIANVS AVG(ustus), translation: Imperator Caesar Aurelian Augustus; cuirassed and radiate bust of Aurelian facing right. Reverse legend: PRO-VIDEN(tia) D-EOR(um), translation: Foresight of the gods; Fides…

Obverse legend: IMP(erator) C(aesar) C(aius) VAL(erius) DIOCLETIANVS P(ius) F(elix) AVG(ustus), translation: Imperator Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletian the dutiful and successful Augustus; radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Diocletian facing…

Obverse legend: IMP(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) CL(audius) TACITVS AVG(ustus), translation: Imperator Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Tacitus facing right. Reverse legend: LAETITIA FUND(ata), translation:…

Obverse legend: D(ominus) N(oster) CONSTA-NS P(ius) F(elix) AVG(ustus), translation: Our Lord Constans, Dutiful and Fortunate Augustus; pearl diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Constans facing right, with A in left field. Reverse legend:…

Obverse: bust of double-headed Janus. Reverse legend: ROMA; prow of a ship, facing right.

On Friday, October 14th, the University of Ottawa Department of Classics and Religious Studies hosted a lecture by Dr. Robert Weir from the University of Windsor. He presented his research on an ancient coin, which may have been minted at Stymphalos,…

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Three bladed iron arrowhead with a small tang and a dulled point

On October 12, 2023, the Museum and the student association AECRSA hosted Archaeology Day! The event brought together different interactive booths covering topics such as coin symbolism, Roman scripts, weaving and spinning; as well as local…

One wick discus lamp with greyish brown clay. Round body with concave discus, set off by two concentric grooves, and featuring Victoria. The goddess is facing forward and has clearly draped clothing, which she holds in both hands. Wings are visible…

One wick discus lamp made with pale, reddish brown clay. Round body with a concave discus which features winged Victoria. The representation is indistinct, but the goddess faces forward, with impressions of wings on both sides. The discus is set off…

One wick discus lamp made with pale, brownish-yellow clay. Round body with a concave discus which features winged Victoria. The representation is indistinct, but the goddess faces left, and a wing is clearly visible on the right. The discus is set…

Obverse: A woman sits surrounded by trees, with her legs to the right and her head tilted downward against her right hand, with her arm propped up by her leg. She is nude from the waist up and has a robe draped around her legs and gathered around her…

Marble statue of the Roman god Silvanus. The torso is rectangular in shape with sculpted details of the chest, abdomen, biceps, and genitalia. The strong hip line separates the abdomen from the thighs and indicates a contrapposto pose. A cloak covers…

Rectangular relief depicting a nude, beardless Herakles wrestling the hind of Keryneia. The material is yellowed and textured to imitate the original marble. Herakles's left hand is grabbing the deer's mouth, his right hand is holding a horn, and his…

A red-coloured ceramic tube which is open on one end, and pointed into a cone-shaped nozzle with only a small opening on the other. The cylinder is slightly more narrow on the open end of the tube, resulting in an irregular shape. The material is…

Buff-coloured ceramic tube which is open on one end, and pointed into a cone-shaped nozzle on the other. The material is textured and the tube has ridges across the cylinder section. Faint throwing lines are visible in some places. There is a piece…

Obverse legend (retrograde): ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, translation: Nero Caesar Augustus; laureate bust of Nero with aegis, facing right. Reverse legend (retrograde): ΕΤΟΥΣ ΒΙΡ, translation: Year 112; eagle holding lightning bolt, facing right, palm…

Light-coloured glass bottle with an inverted triangular body, a long, cylindrical neck, and the rim folded outwards. Surface is textured and iridescent, displaying many colours including gold, green, blue, and purple.

Bronze metal strip shaped to create a curved, dull, blade, with a handle that bends backward to create a double-layered handle. The bronze is green in colour, smooth overall, with rough edges. The blade is curved inwards in a concave shape and bends…