Reverse: SC in center

Obverse: Augustus, seated

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Rome
Material: Bronze
Denomination: Sestertius
Issuing Authority: Roman Senate
Actual Weight: 24.84 g.
Date: exact 22 AD - exact 23 AD
Dimensions: 34 mm.
Region: Latium
Period: Julio-Claudian


Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle, S C

Donor: The Catharine Page Perkins Fund

Commentary: Imperial sestertius

Sources Used: BMCRE I, 130, no. 74; Perkins Collection 1902, 100, 11; Cohen 1880-1892, 1, Octave Auguste, no. 309