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As with head of Drusus II, struck under Tiberius
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 22–23
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 30 mm. Weight: 10.58 gm.
Credit Line
Bequest of Miss Rebecca Salisbury
Accession Number88.397
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Drusus II, bare, left.
DRVSVSCAESARTI AVGDIVI AVGN, starting low left.
Reverse: S C large in center.
.PONTIF.TRIBVN.POTEST.ITER, starting high right.
DRVSVSCAESARTI AVGDIVI AVGN, starting low left.
Reverse: S C large in center.
.PONTIF.TRIBVN.POTEST.ITER, starting high right.
ProvenanceDecember, 1885, discovered by Don Mariano Lazzari at Cerveteri, Italy and sold, through Pietro Pennelli, to Rodolfo Lanciani (b. 1845 – d. 1929), Rome; 1888, sold by Lanciani to the MFA for $491.89 [purchase price for MFA accession nos. 88.345 – 88.530]. (Accession Date: January 1, 1888)
NOTE: See Helen Nagy, "Etruscan Votive Terracottas from Cerveteri in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: A Glimpse into the History of the Collection," Etruscan Studies 11 (2008), pp. 101-119.
NOTE: See Helen Nagy, "Etruscan Votive Terracottas from Cerveteri in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: A Glimpse into the History of the Collection," Etruscan Studies 11 (2008), pp. 101-119.