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Coin of Olba with head of Augustus, struck under Ajax
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 10–11
Mint: Cilicia, Olba
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 24.5 mm. Weight: 11.40 gm. Die Axis: 9
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.929
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Augustus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Thunderbolt.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in field above and below.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Thunderbolt.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in field above and below.
InscriptionsSee attached media
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 162); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963