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Contorniate with youthful bust
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 364–383
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 42.5 mm. Weight: 44.97 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number1998.562
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
DescriptionObverse: Youthful bust right, drapery on left shoulder.
AST[ ]RI VSDEIIO (?) (for Asturius or Asterius ?)
Reverse: Helmeted charioteer in quadriga right, looking left, sword in right hand, palm in left.
GERON (?) TIVS CAEALLICDA (?)
AST[ ]RI VSDEIIO (?) (for Asturius or Asterius ?)
Reverse: Helmeted charioteer in quadriga right, looking left, sword in right hand, palm in left.
GERON (?) TIVS CAEALLICDA (?)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., Robert Street, Adelphi, London; August 28, 1950: purchased by Cornelius C. Vermeule III from Albert Baldwin; December 16, 1998: gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA