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Coin of Amorium with bust of Vespasian, struck under L. Vipsanius Silvanus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 69–79
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Amorium
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 24.5 mm. Weight: 10.93 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.794
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Vespasian to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tetrastyle temple, within which, flaming altar.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tetrastyle temple, within which, flaming altar.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 6); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963