Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Rome |
Material: | Silver |
Denomination: | Antoninianus |
Issuing Authority: | Caracalla |
Actual Weight: | 4.61 g. |
Die Axis: | 7 |
Date: | exact 211 AD - exact 217 AD |
Dimensions: | 24 mm. |
Region: | Latium |
Period: | Severan |
Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle sits the draped figure of Venus, enthroned and shown in 3/4-view to the left. She holds a scepter in left hand and reaches out with her right hand.
Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour
Commentary: Imperial antoninianus
Sources Used: BMCRERIC