Reverse: Emperor with a female Jewish captive, with hands tied and head bo...
Obverse: Laureate head of Vespasian
| Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Context: | Rome |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Denomination: | Sestertius |
| Issuing Authority: | Roman Senate |
| Actual Weight: | 27.10 g. |
| Die Axis: | 6 |
| Date: | exact 71 AD |
| Dimensions: | 35.5 mm. |
| Region: | Latium |
| Period: | Flavian |
Obverse Type: At left stands the emperor (Vespasian), in military dress, holding a spear upright in his right hand, and a parazonium in his left. He rests his left foot on a helmet. He faces a palm tree, on the other side of which is seated a female Jewish captive, on a cuirass, profile to the right, with her head bowed.
Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour
Commentary: Imperial sestertius
Sources Used: BMCRE