Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Rome |
Material: | Bronze |
Denomination: | Sestertius |
Issuing Authority: | Roman Senate |
Actual Weight: | 26.13 g. |
Die Axis: | 5 |
Date: | exact 137 AD |
Dimensions: | 32.5 mm. |
Region: | Latium |
Period: | Hadrianic |
Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle, the figure of Spes (the personification of Hope), walking to the left, holding a flower in her right hand and her skirt in her left
Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour
Commentary: Imperial sestertius
Sources Used: BMCRE