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Coin of Lepcis Magna with bust of Augustus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 14–37
Mint: Africa: Syrtica, Lepcis Magna
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 43.5 mm. Weight: 33.73 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.1066
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Augustus to right.
DIVOSAVGV STVS
Reverse: Dionysos standing left, wearing long chiton and ivy-wreath. He holds in right hand a kantharos, drapery and thyrsos in left. Panther to left, behind him, left forepaw raised and head turned back.
DIVOSAVGV STVS
Reverse: Dionysos standing left, wearing long chiton and ivy-wreath. He holds in right hand a kantharos, drapery and thyrsos in left. Panther to left, behind him, left forepaw raised and head turned back.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: R. Cyril Lockett Collection; by 1961: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W. 1 (auction of the Lockett Collection, part XII, February 21-23, 1961, lot 3020); purchased at the Lockett auction by A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert St., Adelphi, London, W.C. 2; October 11, 1961: 61.1039–61.1067 purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin and Sons, Ltd. for a total price of £ 1099/-/-.