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Coin of Blaundus with bust of Caracalla, struck under Ti. Claudius Alexander

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 211–217
Mint: Asia: Lydia, Blaundus

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 33.5 mm. Weight: 15.42 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.1210
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Herakles to right, holding lion's mane with left hand, swings club with right. He wears lion's skin over left shoulder.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., September 18, 1963