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Coin of Nicaea with bust of Valerian I
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 253–260
Mint: Bithynia, Nicaea
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.5 mm. Weight: 8.05 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.226
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Valerian to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Dionysos standing looking left holds staff in left hand, kantharos in right.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in field at left.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Dionysos standing looking left holds staff in left hand, kantharos in right.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in field at left.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXI, no. 245); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 20, 1963