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Coin of Aspendus with bust of Valerian II
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 260–267
Mint: Pamphylia, Aspendus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 32.5 mm. Weight: 18.20 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.248
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Valerian II to right.
Eagle below.
At right: IA
Inscription in Greek around.
Reverse: Inscriptions in Greek around and within a wreath.
Eagle below.
At right: IA
Inscription in Greek around.
Reverse: Inscriptions in Greek around and within a wreath.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXI, no. 267); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 20, 1963