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Coin of Selinus with bust of Septimius Severus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 193–211
Mint: Cilicia, Selinus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 30.5 mm. Weight: 13.47 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.3004
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Seated statue to left of Trajan as Zeus, holding scepter in left hand, within tetrastyle temple.
Inscriptions in Greek in pediment, in exergue, and around.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Seated statue to left of Trajan as Zeus, holding scepter in left hand, within tetrastyle temple.
Inscriptions in Greek in pediment, in exergue, and around.
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