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Coin of Magydus with bust of Gallienus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 253–268
Mint: Pamphylia, Magydus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 26.5 mm. Weight: 8.54 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.837
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right.
Inscriptions in Greek in front and around.
Reverse: Demeter standing to left, holding corn ears in her right hand and sceptre-staff in her left.
Greek inscriptions around and in field at left and right.
Inscriptions in Greek in front and around.
Reverse: Demeter standing to left, holding corn ears in her right hand and sceptre-staff in her left.
Greek inscriptions around and in field at left and right.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 53); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963