Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Siscia |
Material: | Gold |
Denomination: | Aureus |
Issuing Authority: | Carinus |
Actual Weight: | 5.34 g. |
Die Axis: | 12 |
Date: | exact 282 AD - exact 283 AD |
Dimensions: | 20.5 mm. |
Period: | Third Century A.C. |
Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle stand the togate prince and the emperor,in military attire with a scepter. On their clasped hands they support a figure of winged Victoria (Victory) holding a globe and a wreath.
Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour
Commentary: Imperial aureus
Sources Used: RIC