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Coin of Ilion with bust of Lucius Verus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 161–169
Mint: Asia Minor: Troas, Ilion
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 25.68 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1983.7
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Lucius Verus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Aeneas walking right, Anchises seated on left shoulder and arm, looking back and leading Ascanius by the hand.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Aeneas walking right, Anchises seated on left shoulder and arm, looking back and leading Ascanius by the hand.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1982: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1100, 1050 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (auction 1, Barbizon Plaza Hotel, New York, N.Y., December 9, 1982, lot 172); purchased at Waddell auction 1 on behalf of MFA by Jeffrey Spier, P.O. Box 1082, Radio City Station, New York, N.Y. 10101; January 12, 1983: purchased by MFA from Jeffrey Spier.