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Coin of Isinda with bust of Valerian I
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 253–260
Mint: Pisidia, Isinda
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 36 mm. Weight: 17.55 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.901
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Valerian to right.
Inscriptions in Greek around and at right.
Reverse: Helmeted rider-god galloping to right, spear in raised right hand.
Below, snake and patera.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscriptions in Greek around and at right.
Reverse: Helmeted rider-god galloping to right, spear in raised right hand.
Below, snake and patera.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 126); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963