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Coin of Termessus with head of Zeus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 238–268
Mint: Pisidia, Termessus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 41 mm. Weight: 38.84 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.246
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Zeus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Herakles, nude, standing front, looking left.
Club in lowered right hand, lionskin on left arm.
Inscriptions in Greek at right and around..
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Herakles, nude, standing front, looking left.
Club in lowered right hand, lionskin on left arm.
Inscriptions in Greek at right and around..
ProvenanceBy 1962: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin 18, no. 214); March 14, 1962: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for $ 78.50 (this is the total price for 62.224–62.248)