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Sestertius with carpentum drawn by mules, struck under Tiberius

Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 22–23
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 38 mm. Weight: 28.79 gm.
Credit Line Everett Fund
Accession Number88.394
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Carpentum drawn by two mules to right.
Above: S.P.Q.R./IVLIAEAVGVST
Reverse: in center: SC (large)
Around: TI.CAESAR.DIVIAVGFAVGVSTPMTRPOTXXIIII

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.