Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Rome |
Material: | Bronze |
Denomination: | Sestertius |
Issuing Authority: | Galba |
Actual Weight: | 27.427 g. |
Date: | exact 68 AD - exact 69 AD |
Dimensions: | 34 mm. |
Region: | Latium |
Period: | Julio-Claudian |
Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle, the togate Galba stands in 3/4-view to the left and extends his right hand to a kneeling Roma (the personification of Rome). Helmeted Minerva stands in a frontal pose, in the background.
Donor: The Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Commentary: Imperial sestertius
Sources Used: BMCRE