Sestertius of Crispina | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1942.176.278
People: Crispina, Roman (r. 180 - 183 CE)
Title: Sestertius of Crispina
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 180-183
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period: Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture: Roman
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/185359

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze
Metal: AE
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 23.42 g
Die Axis: 7
Denomination: sestertius

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: BMCR iv,#423,p.767;RIC iii, #672,p.442

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
Accession Year: 1942
Object Number: 1942.176.278
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Bust, dr., r.; CRISPINA AVG--[IMP COMMODI] AVG
Rev.: Salus, draped, seated on throne l., feeding out of patera snake coiled round altar (snake and altar not very legible), l. elbow resting on back of throne; SC in ex.

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