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