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View: Obverse
As with head of Janus
Roman
Republican Period
207 B.C.
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 36.5 mm. Weight: 43.43 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number88.373
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Janus, laureate.
I (above)
Reverse: Cornucopiae above prow of ship, right.
ROMA (below prow); I (in field, right).
I (above)
Reverse: Cornucopiae above prow of ship, right.
ROMA (below prow); I (in field, right).
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.
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.