Advanced Search 
View: Obverse
Follis with bust of Constantine II, struck under Constantine I
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 321–323
Mint: Treveri
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 2.69 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number88.518
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Constantine II, laureate, holding sceptre, profile to right.
CONSTANTINVS [IVN] NOB C
Reverse: Altar, inscribed VOTIS XX, with globe on top.
BEATA TRANQVILITAS in exergue STR
CONSTANTINVS [IVN] NOB C
Reverse: Altar, inscribed VOTIS XX, with globe on top.
BEATA TRANQVILITAS in exergue STR
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.