Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Context: | Germe |
Material: | Bronze |
Issuing Authority: | Septimius Severus |
Actual Weight: | 45.88 g. |
Die Axis: | 6 |
Date: | exact 193 AD - exact 211 AD |
Dimensions: | 46 mm. |
Region: | Lydia |
Period: | Severan |
Obverse Type: In center Hercules seated on lionskin over a rock, club in left hand, cantharus in right. At left stands Apollo holding plectron and lyre, and Artemis, drawing arrow from quiver. At right Tyche, cornucopia in left hand, placing wreath on Hercules' head.
Commentary: Imperial bronze