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Coin of Side with bust of Nero

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 55
Mint: Pamphylia, Side

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 5.14 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.1220
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Nero to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Athena stands left, shield on left shoulder, holding spear and pomegranate in right hand.
Snake to left beside her.
Inscription in Greek in left and right fields.
ProvenanceBy 1964: Hans von Aulock Collection; purchased by MFA from Hans von Aulock, September 23, 1964