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Coin of Philadelphia with bust of city-goddess
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 211–268
Mint: Asia: Lydia, Philadelphia
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 19.5 mm. Weight: 3.46 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2918
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of the city, turreted, to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Cult statue of Ephesian Artemis facing. In field right, crescent.
At left, star.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Cult statue of Ephesian Artemis facing. In field right, crescent.
At left, star.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (sale of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963