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Coin of Anazarbus with bust of Septimius Severus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 204
Mint: Cilicia, Anazarbus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 35.5 mm. Weight: 26.40 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1982.392
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Priestly crown surrounded by thirteen heads.
Inscriptions in Greek within crown, at left, at right, below, and around.
Struck in year 223 = A.D. 204.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Priestly crown surrounded by thirteen heads.
Inscriptions in Greek within crown, at left, at right, below, and around.
Struck in year 223 = A.D. 204.
InscriptionsSee attached media
ProvenanceBy 1982: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1100, 1050 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036; purchased by MFA from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., June 9, 1982