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Coin of Perga with bust of Salonina

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 254–268
Mint: Pamphylia, Perga

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 30.5 mm. Weight: 14.33 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.851
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Salonina to right, wearing stephane.
Inscriptions in Greek at right and around.
Reverse: Elpis, in long chiton and peplos, standing left, holds skirt in left hand, flower in right.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 69); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963