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Coin of Hypaepa with busts of Messalina and Nero, struck, under C. Iulius Hegesippus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 66–68
Mint: Asia: Lydia, Hypaepa
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.5 mm. Weight: 12.90 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession Number1986.73
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Statilia Messalina to right facing filleted bust of Nero left.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Cult image of Artemis Anaitis facing, ample veil, hands extended.
Inscriptions in Greek at left and right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Cult image of Artemis Anaitis facing, ample veil, hands extended.
Inscriptions in Greek at left and right.
ProvenanceDecember 9, 1982, sale (auction 1), Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Barbizon Plaza Hotel, New York, lot 264. By 1985, Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Bethesda, MD [see note]; 1986, sold by Waddell, Ltd. to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 26, 1986)
NOTE: Waddell List 13 (February 1985), no. 69 and List 21 (December 1985), no. 138.
NOTE: Waddell List 13 (February 1985), no. 69 and List 21 (December 1985), no. 138.