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Coin of Seleucia-ad-Calycadnum with bust of Gallienus

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 253–267
Mint: Cilicia, Seleucia-ad-Calycadnum

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 12.05 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.932
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Athena standing to right, shield on left arm, strikes with spear held in right hand at serpent-legged giant who hurls stone at her.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 164); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963