Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Ephesus |
Material: | Silver |
Denomination: | Tetradrachm |
Issuing Authority: | Augustus |
Actual Weight: | 11.73 g. |
Date: | exact 19 BC - exact 18 BC |
Dimensions: | 27 mm. |
Region: | Ionia |
Period: | Augustan |
Obverse Type: Within a circle, a circular temple with Corinthian columns (dedicated to Mars Ultor, Mars the Avenger) with conical roof, on a podium of five steps; in center, a standard
Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour
Commentary: Imperial cistophoric tetradrachm
Sources Used: BMCRE