Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Rome |
Material: | Bronze |
Denomination: | Sestertius |
Issuing Authority: | Roman Senate |
Actual Weight: | 26.600 g. |
Date: | exact 104 AD - exact 111 AD |
Dimensions: | 36 mm. |
Region: | Latium |
Period: | Trajanic |
Obverse Type: Ceres crowned and standing 3/4 to the front facing left is holding ears of grain in her right hand and a torch in her left. At her feet is the modius.
Donor: The Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Commentary: Imperial sestertius
Sources Used: BMCRE