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Coin of Sagalassus with bust of Claudius II Gothicus

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 268–270
Mint: Pisidia, Sagalassus

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 33 mm. Weight: 17.18 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.1238
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Claudius II to right.
Inscriptions in Greek at right and around.
Reverse: Cybele, turreted and veiled, seated on throne left, holds patera in right hand, rests left on tympanon. Lion to left beside her.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., September 18, 1963