Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Uncertain, Eastern Mediterranean |
Material: | Silver |
Denomination: | Cistophoric medallion |
Issuing Authority: | Octavian |
Actual Weight: | 12.05 g. |
Date: | ca. 28 BC |
Dimensions: | 27 mm. |
Region: | Uncertain, Eastern |
Period: | Augustan |
Obverse Type: Within a laurel wreath, the draped figure of Pax (Peace), standing in 3/4-view to the left, on a lighted torch. She holds a caduceus in her right hand and behind her is a cista mystical surmounted by a serpent.
Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour
Commentary: Imperial silver cistophoric medallion
Sources Used: BMCRR II, 537, no. 248; pl. 117, 6