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Cistophorus with bust of Nerva
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 97
Mint: Asia Minor: Ionia or Mysia, Probably Ephesos or Pergamon
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26.5 mm. Weight: 10.45 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2652
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Nerva, laureate, right.
IMPNERVACAESAVGPM TRPOTPPCOSIII
Reverse: Temple of Roma and Augustus, two columns visible.
Between columns Nerva stands at left holding spear in right hand and in left globe (?). At right facing female figure stands holding cornucopia in left hand and wreath over Nerva's head with right.
On entablature: ROMAETAVG
Left and right in field: COM ASI
IMPNERVACAESAVGPM TRPOTPPCOSIII
Reverse: Temple of Roma and Augustus, two columns visible.
Between columns Nerva stands at left holding spear in right hand and in left globe (?). At right facing female figure stands holding cornucopia in left hand and wreath over Nerva's head with right.
On entablature: ROMAETAVG
Left and right in field: COM ASI
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; December 11, 1963: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr.