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Dish
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 317
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Height: 3.8 cm Diameter: 16.5 cm Weight: 315 grams
Credit Line
Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund
Accession Number1970.568
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionCommemorative dish celebrating the tenth anniversary of imperial rule of the emperor Licinius I. One of a series of cast and hammered silver bowls by an official silversmith at Naissus (Nis in Yugoslavia).
Inscription: LICINIAVGVSTESEMPERVINCAS and city stamp in outer circle. Inside central wreath: SICX/-/SICXX.
Inscription: LICINIAVGVSTESEMPERVINCAS and city stamp in outer circle. Inside central wreath: SICX/-/SICXX.
Provenance1903: said to have been found at Naissus in Yugoslavia (modern Nis); 1955: purchased by Ernst Kofler from a dealer in Vienna; E. and M. Kofler-Truniger Collection (Kunsthaus Zurich exhibition, June 7-August 2, 1964, no. 375); December 16, 1970: purchased by MFA from Ernst E. Kofler, Gesegnetmattstrasse 14, 6000 Lucerne, Switzerland