Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Rome |
Material: | Bronze |
Denomination: | Sestertius |
Issuing Authority: | Hadrian |
Actual Weight: | 26.93 g. |
Die Axis: | 12 |
Date: | ca. 128 AD - ca. 137 AD |
Dimensions: | 33 mm. |
Region: | Latium |
Period: | Hadrianic |
Obverse Type: Concordia (goddess of harmony) enthroned faces left. She holds a patera (knobbed, sacrificial plate) in her right hand, she rests her left arm on a statuette of Spes (hope).
Donor: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Commentary: Imperial sestertius
Sources Used: BMCRE