Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Rome |
Material: | Silver |
Denomination: | Medallion |
Issuing Authority: | Philip I |
Actual Weight: | 30.378 g. |
Date: | exact 244 AD - exact 247 AD |
Dimensions: | 38 mm. |
Region: | Latium |
Period: | Third Century A.C. |
Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle stand three draped Monetae (personifications of the Mints) in 3/4-view to the left. Each holds scales and a cornucopia, with a heap of metal at her feet.
Donor: Anonymous Gift in Memory of Zoë Wilbour
Commentary: Imperial silver medallion with traces of gilding
Sources Used: RICMem. Pont 4 (1938) pl. xlv, no. 16 (same die); Dumbarton Oaks Papers 15, 1961, fig. 40;