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Cistophorus with bust of Hadrian

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 128–132
Mint: Asia: Caria, Mylasa

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 29.5 mm. Weight: 9.61 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2653
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Hadrian, right.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVSPP
Reverse: Jupiter Labrandeus, draped to feet, stands to front holding double axe in right hand, spear in left. Fillets around wrists fall to ground.
COS III

ProvenanceBy 1873: said to have been found in a hoard near Mugla in 1873 with 63.2654 and 63.2655; by date unknown: Hadji Arslan Collection; by 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXVI, Philadelphia, n.d., no. 85); 1963: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., December 11, 1963