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Drachm of Caesarea with bust of Trajan
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 98–99
Mint: Cappadocia, Caesarea
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 19.5 mm. Weight: 3.40 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.85
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Trajan to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Eleutheria in peplos and chiton standing left, holds rod in left hand,
pileus in right.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Eleutheria in peplos and chiton standing left, holds rod in left hand,
pileus in right.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (auction of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962, lot 384); purchased at the Woodward auction on behalf of MFA by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963