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Coin of Eumenea with bust of Antoninus Pius
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 138–161
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Eumenea
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.5 mm. Weight: 11.44 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1983.174
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, cuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius to right, aegis on left shoulder.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Pantheress and goat pull car to left carrying Apollo playing lyre and Dionysos with thyrsos over right shoulder. Eros playing double flute is seated on goat.
Inscription in Greek at left and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Pantheress and goat pull car to left carrying Apollo playing lyre and Dionysos with thyrsos over right shoulder. Eros playing double flute is seated on goat.
Inscription in Greek at left and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1982: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1100, 1050 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (Waddell auction 1, Barbizon Plaza Hotel, 106 Central Park South, New York, N. Y., December 9, 1982, lot 349); by 1983: with Jeffrey Spier, P.O. Box 1082, Radio City Station, New York, N.Y. 10101; purchased by MFA from Jeffrey Spier, April 13, 1983