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title: Copper Coin Depicting Roma
author: Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12713/copper-coin-depicting-roma/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Copper Coin Depicting Roma
_Authored by Trustees of the British Museum_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12713.jpg)
## Image Caption
A [copper](https://www.worldhistory.org/copper/) [coin](https://www.worldhistory.org/coinage/) depicting the goddess [Roma](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roma/), a personification of [Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/Rome/), or the [war](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) goddess Bellona on the obverse. On the reverse, the prow of a ship and the title "ROMA". Minted in Rome c. 217-215 BCE. (British Museum)
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museum, T. o. t. B. (2020, September 12). Copper Coin Depicting Roma. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museum, Trustees of the British. "Copper Coin Depicting Roma." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 12, 2020. .
### MLA
Museum, Trustees of the British. "Copper Coin Depicting Roma." *World History Encyclopedia*, 12 Sep 2020, .
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