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Coin of Hierapolis with bust of Elagabalus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 218–222
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Hierapolis
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 18.5 mm. Weight: 3.22 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.804
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: River god (Chrysoroas seated to left holding ears of corn in his right hand and a vase in his left from which a stream flows.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: River god (Chrysoroas seated to left holding ears of corn in his right hand and a vase in his left from which a stream flows.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 17); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963