Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Rome |
Material: | Bronze |
Denomination: | Medallion |
Issuing Authority: | Constantine I |
Actual Weight: | 26.36 g. |
Die Axis: | 10 |
Date: | exact 306 AD - exact 337 AD |
Dimensions: | 37.5 mm. |
Region: | Latium |
Period: | Constantinian |
Obverse Type: Constantine II, in military costume, presents a phoenix on a globe to the half-draped emperor, Constantine the Great, seated in 3/4-view to the left, on a cuirass. Constantine II, standing to the right, holds a trophy over his left shoulder, while a panther is seated, to the right, at his feet. Constantine the Great holds a scepter in his left hand, while he receives the globe with her right.
Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour
Commentary: Imperial bronze medallion
Sources Used: Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts 73 (1975) 20 (ill.);