Coin of Prymnessus with head of Nero, struck under Claudius Mithradates

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 63–68

Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Prymnessus

Dimensions

Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 3.94 gm. Die Axis: 12

Accession Number

64.1194

Medium or Technique

Bronze

Not On View

Collections

The Ancient World

Classifications

Coins

Obverse: Laureate head of Nero right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Dikaiosyne standing front, head left, holds scales in right hand, ears of corn (?) over left shoulder.
Inscription in Greek.

Provenance

By date unknown: Hans von Aulock Collection; purchased by MFA from Hans von Aulock, September 23, 1964

Credit Line

Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour