Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Rome |
Material: | Bronze |
Denomination: | Sestertius |
Issuing Authority: | Roman Senate |
Actual Weight: | 29.17 g. |
Date: | exact 80 AD - exact 81 AD |
Dimensions: | 36.1 mm. |
Region: | Latium |
Period: | Flavian |
Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle, the figure of the Spes (the personification of hope), draped, advancing to the left. She holds a flower in her right hand and lifts her skirt with her left.
Donor: Anonymous Gift in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour
Commentary: Imperial sestertius
Sources Used: BMCRE