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Coin of Amorium with bust of Caracalla
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 198–217
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Amorium
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.5 mm. Weight: 7.78 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1983.413
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Rhea seated right before flaming altar.
At left, seated infant Zeus. Above, eagle.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Rhea seated right before flaming altar.
At left, seated infant Zeus. Above, eagle.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1982: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1100, 1050 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (auction 1, Barbizon Plaza Hotel, 106 Central Park South, New York, Dec. 9, lot 330); by 1983: with Jeffrey Spier, 1750 Central avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091; purchased by MFA from Jeffrey Spier, November 9, 1983