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Sestertius with bust of Aemilian
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 253
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 33 mm. Weight: 15.33 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1978.38
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Aemilianus to right.
IMP.AEMILIANVSPIVSFELAVG
Reverse: Roma standing left, phoenix on orb in right hand, spear in left, shield against her side.
ROMAEAETERN S C in left and right fields.
IMP.AEMILIANVSPIVSFELAVG
Reverse: Roma standing left, phoenix on orb in right hand, spear in left, shield against her side.
ROMAEAETERN S C in left and right fields.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Earl Fitzwilliam Collection; by 1949: with Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., Spencer House, 27 St. James's Place, St. James's Streeet, London, S.W. 1 (Christie's auction of the Earl Fitzwilliam Collection, sold by order of the Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company, May 30-31, 1949, lot 346, partial); by date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift to MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule in honor of their daughter Emily D. B. Vermeule, January 11, 1978); reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, January 11, 1978