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Coin of Amasea with bust of Severus Alexander
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 226–227
Mint: Pontus, Amasea
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 34.5 mm. Weight: 25.40 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1986.252
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: View of Amaseia, fortifications left and right, with temple in background and foreground. Tomb at left of temple in foreground.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
(Date in Greek is year 228 = A.D. 226/7).
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: View of Amaseia, fortifications left and right, with temple in background and foreground. Tomb at left of temple in foreground.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
(Date in Greek is year 228 = A.D. 226/7).
ProvenanceBy 1982: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1100, 1050 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (auction 1, Barbizon Plaza Hotel, New York, Dec. 9, 1982, lot 64); purchased by MFA from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1104, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, June 25, 1986