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Coin of Cremna with bust of Aurelian

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 270–275
Mint: Pisidia, Cremna

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 32.5 mm. Weight: 15.24 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.896
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right.
IMP.C.S.L.DO.M.AVRELIANO
Reverse: Prize crown containing two palm branches.
On crown: IERCS
DONATIO F COLIVL[in form of a Greek L]CREMNE[as a Greek E] (sic)
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 122); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963