Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Rome |
Material: | Bronze |
Denomination: | Sestertius |
Issuing Authority: | Roman Senate |
Actual Weight: | 16.62 g. |
Date: | ca. 41 AD |
Dimensions: | 30 mm. |
Region: | Latium |
Period: | Julio-Claudian |
Obverse Type: Within dotted circle, the togate figure of Claudius, veiled, standing in 3/4-view to the left, holding a simpulum (sacrificial cup) in his right hand and resting his left hand on his hip.
Donor: The Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Commentary: Imperial sestertius
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