Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Rome |
Material: | Silver |
Denomination: | Denarius |
Issuing Authority: | Hadrian |
Actual Weight: | 3.09 g. |
Date: | exact 125 AD - exact 128 AD |
Dimensions: | 20 mm. |
Region: | Latium |
Period: | Hadrianic |
Obverse Type: Genius, naked to the waist, is standing facing the front with his head turned to the left. He is sacrificing with a patera (a knobbed, sacrificial plate) in his right hand over an altar to the lower left; in his left hand he is holding a cornucopia.
Donor: Gift of Joseph H. Clark
Commentary: Imperial denarius
Sources Used: BMCRE