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Coin of Tium with bust of Trajan

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 98–117
Mint: Bithynia, Tium

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 34.5 mm. Weight: 18.98 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1984.242
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse Laureate bust of Trajan to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Hera stands at left, holding scepter, facing Zeus at right, who holds scepter in left hand and patera in right. At right, eagle.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1984: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1104, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814 (Buy or Bid Sale, No. 1, April 16, 1984, lot 77); purchased by MFA from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., June 13, 1984