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Coin of Perga with bust of Gallienus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 253–268
Mint: Pamphylia, Perga
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 31.5 mm. Weight: 17.96 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.845
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right.
Inscriptions in Greek in front and around.
Reverse: Cult statue of Artemis of Perga with distyle temple.
To left, star, to right, crescent. Flaming torch each side at feet.
In pediment, and below and around temple: inscriptions in Greek.
Inscriptions in Greek in front and around.
Reverse: Cult statue of Artemis of Perga with distyle temple.
To left, star, to right, crescent. Flaming torch each side at feet.
In pediment, and below and around temple: inscriptions in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 62); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963