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Cistophorus with head of Claudius
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 51
Mint: Asia: Ionia, Ephesus
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 10.75 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.1194
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Roman Medallions (MFA, 1962, 1975), no. 011.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Claudius, laureate, right.
TI.CLAVDCAESAR.AVG.P.M.TR.P.X (line above X) IMP.XIIX (line above)
Reverse: Bust of Agrippina, draped, right.
AGRIPPINAAVGVSTA.CAESARIS.AVG
TI.CLAVDCAESAR.AVG.P.M.TR.P.X (line above X) IMP.XIIX (line above)
Reverse: Bust of Agrippina, draped, right.
AGRIPPINAAVGVSTA.CAESARIS.AVG
ProvenanceBy 1961: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XVII, no. 80); December 13, 1961: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for $ 115.-