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Coin of Halikarnassos with bust of Septimius Severus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 193–211
Mint: Asia Minor: Caria, Halikarnassos
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 30.5 mm. Weight: 13.47 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession Number1986.76
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Zeus Askraios stands, facing. He is radiate and wears long chiton and himation. On either side, a tree with a bird.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Zeus Askraios stands, facing. He is radiate and wears long chiton and himation. On either side, a tree with a bird.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceDecember 9, 1982, sale (auction 1), Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Barbizon Plaza Hotel, New York, lot 235. 1986, sold by Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Bethesda, MD to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 26, 1986)