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Coin of Laerte with bust of Trajan

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 98–117
Mint: Cilicia, Laerte

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 9.05 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.104
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Trajan to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Standing figure (Apollo, radiate?) in short chiton and cloak, looking left, holds phiale in right hand, sceptre in left. Short ground line.
Inscription in Greek in right field, downwards.
InscriptionsSee attached media
ProvenanceBy 1963: with B. H. Kazandjian, 58 Langdon Avenue, Watertown, Mass.; purchased by MFA from B. H. Kazandjian, February 13, 1963