Detail View: The AMICA Library: Aureus with head of Augustus

AMICA ID: 
BMFA.53.2015
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
Unknown
Creator Name-CRT: 
Artist not recorded
Title: 
Aureus with head of Augustus
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
29 B.C.
Creation Start Date: 
-29
Creation End Date: 
-29
Materials and Techniques: 
Gold
Style or Period: 
Imperial Period
Creation Place: 
Struck at a mint in the East
Dimensions: 
Diameter: 21.5 mm. Weight: 7.88 gm.
AMICA Contributor: 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Owner Location: 
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
ID Number: 
53.2015
Credit Line: 
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoƫ Wilbour
Rights: 
Context: 
Mint: Struck at a mint in the East
Context - Place: 
Struck at a mint in the East
Related Image Identifier Link: 
BMFA.sc2809.tif