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As with bust of Severina, struck under Aurelian

Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 274–275
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 8.42 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Everett Fund
Accession Number88.499
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Severina to right.
SEVERINA AVG
Reverse: Juno standing profile to left, peacock at her feet.
IVNO REGINA in exergue S
ProvenanceDecember, 1885, discovered by Don Mariano Lazzari at Cerveteri, Italy and sold, through Pietro Pennelli, to Rodolfo Lanciani (b. 1845 – d. 1929), Rome; 1888, sold by Lanciani to the MFA for $491.89 [purchase price for MFA accession nos. 88.345 – 88.530]. (Accession Date: January 1, 1888)

NOTE: See Helen Nagy, "Etruscan Votive Terracottas from Cerveteri in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: A Glimpse into the History of the Collection," Etruscan Studies 11 (2008), pp. 101-119.