Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Rome |
Material: | Bronze |
Denomination: | Dupondius |
Issuing Authority: | Hadrian |
Actual Weight: | 12.95gms. |
Die Axis: | 6 |
Date: | ca. 128 AD - ca. 132 AD |
Dimensions: | 28 mm. |
Region: | Latium |
Period: | Hadrianic |
Obverse Type: Draped Vesta (goddess of the hearth), sits facing to the left on a low seat holding a palladium in her right hand and a scepter in her left.
Donor: Gift of Malcolm Storer
Commentary: Imperial dupondius
Sources Used: BMCRE