Reverse: Roma seated

Obverse: Draped bust of Hadrian

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Rome
Material: Bronze
Denomination: Sestertius
Issuing Authority: Roman Senate
Actual Weight: 27.18 g.
Die Axis: 6
Date: exact 119 AD - exact 138 AD
Dimensions: 35.5 mm.
Region: Latium
Period: Hadrianic


Obverse Type: Helmeted Roma seated, facing to the left on a cuirass, holding a cornucopia in her left hand, and Victory with a wreath on her right hand. At her side are a shield and quiver (?). A helmet and greave by her feet.

Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour

Commentary: Imperial sestertius

Sources Used: BMCRE III, 431, no. 1294 ff., for general type, all vary