Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Antioch |
Material: | Silver |
Denomination: | Denarius |
Issuing Authority: | Pescennius Niger |
Actual Weight: | 3.05 g. |
Die Axis: | 12 |
Date: | exact 193 AD - exact 194 AD |
Dimensions: | 19 mm. |
Region: | Syria (?) |
Period: | Severan |
Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle stands the helmeted figure of Virtus (Valor), wearing a cuirass, in a near frontal pose, with his head profile to the right. He holds a spear in his right hand and rests his left hand on a shield.
Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour
Commentary: Imperial denarius
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