Advanced Search 
View: Obverse
Sestertius with bust of Philip I
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 244–249
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 31.5 mm. Weight: 19.74 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number88.475
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Philip, laureate, draped and cuirassed, to right.
IMPMPHILIPPVSAVG
Reverse: Four standards upright in a row.
FIDESEXERCITVS in ex.: SC
IMPMPHILIPPVSAVG
Reverse: Four standards upright in a row.
FIDESEXERCITVS in ex.: SC
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.