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Medallic sestertius with head of Augustus
Roman
Imperial Period
about 15–10 B.C.
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 40 mm. Weight: 24.70 gm. Die Axis: 2
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number59.5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Roman Medallions (MFA, 1962, 1975), no. 006.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Augustus to right, laureate.
CAESAR PONT MAX
Reverse: Altar of Rome and Augustus at Lugdunum, ornamented with branches, a wreath, and a row of uncertain objects and flanked left and right by a Victory on a column.
In exergue: ROM ET AVG
Pierced.
CAESAR PONT MAX
Reverse: Altar of Rome and Augustus at Lugdunum, ornamented with branches, a wreath, and a row of uncertain objects and flanked left and right by a Victory on a column.
In exergue: ROM ET AVG
Pierced.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Hugo Weissmann, 96 Charles Street, Boston, Mass.; purchased by MFA from Hugo Weissmann, January 8, 1959, for $ 500.00 (this is the total price for 59.5-59.7)