Obverse: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius

Reverse: Hercules leaning on club

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