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Coin of Cotiaeum with bust of Macrinus, struck under Demetrianus Celer
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 217–218
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Cotiaeum
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 31.5 mm. Weight: 17.30 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.216
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Macrinus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Hygeia standing to right, holding snake and phiale, facing Asklepios at the right; between them, Telesphoros.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Hygeia standing to right, holding snake and phiale, facing Asklepios at the right; between them, Telesphoros.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XX, no. 111); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 20, 1963