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Coin of Attalea with bust of Trebonianus Gallus

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 251–254
Mint: Pamphylia, Attalea

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 6.73 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.829
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Trebonianus Gallus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Winged Nemesis, standing with head to left, holds cubit rule over left shoulder, uncertain object (phiale?) in right hand. At her feet, griffin to left, and wheel?
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 43a); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963