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Coin of Bizya with bust of Philip I
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 244–249
Mint: Thrace, Bizya
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 41.5 mm. Weight: 40.21 gm. Die Axis: 2
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1997.95
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Philip I, laureate, cuirassed, right, aegis on left shoulder.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Serapis seated in the center with Cerberus at his feet. At left Demeter, holding a torch, and Anubis-Hermes with kerykeion; at right Harpocrates holding cornucopia and Isis holding sistrum and cornucopia.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Serapis seated in the center with Cerberus at his feet. At left Demeter, holding a torch, and Anubis-Hermes with kerykeion; at right Harpocrates holding cornucopia and Isis holding sistrum and cornucopia.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1994: with Frank Sternberg AG, Schanzengasse 10, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland (auction 27, Hotel Eden au Lac, Zurich, November 7-8, 1994, lot 551); by 1997: with David Hendin, Amphora Coins, P.O. Box 805, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; purchased by MFA from David Hendin, June 25, 1997