Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Lysinia |
Material: | Bronze |
Denomination: | Medallion |
Issuing Authority: | Septimius Severus |
Actual Weight: | 25.75 g. |
Die Axis: | 6 |
Date: | exact 193 AD - exact 211 AD |
Dimensions: | 38.5 mm. |
Region: | Pisidia |
Period: | Severan |
Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle, two snaky-legged giants support an enthroned Zeus, seated 3/4-view to the left. Zeus holds a patera in his outstretched right hand a scepter in his left. The giants each hold a rock in their outer hands.
Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour
Commentary: Imperial bronze medallion
Sources Used: For reverse type, see