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Coin of Grimenothyrae with bust of Zeus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period, Time of Trajan or Hadrian
A.D. 98–138
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Grimenothyrae
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 19.5 mm. Weight: 3.53 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.801
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, bearded head of Zeus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Athena, helmeted, standing front, head to right, holding a spear in her right hand, a shield in her left.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Athena, helmeted, standing front, head to right, holding a spear in her right hand, a shield in her left.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 14); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963