Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Nicaea |
Material: | Bronze |
Issuing Authority: | Antoninus Pius |
Actual Weight: | 11.33 g. |
Die Axis: | 6 |
Date: | exact 138 AD - exact 161 AD |
Dimensions: | 26.5 mm. |
Region: | Bithynia |
Period: | Antonine |
Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle stands the nude figure of Herakles, leaning on club, in 3/4-view to the right. He holds his hand on his right hip.
Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour
Commentary: Imperial bronze