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Coin of Smyrna with bust of Julia Domna, struck under Claudius Straton
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 209–211
Mint: Asia: Ionia, Smyrna
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 10.00 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number67.880
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Julia Domna to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tyche standing left within tetrastyle temple, holding rudder and cornucopia.
In pediment, phiale.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tyche standing left within tetrastyle temple, holding rudder and cornucopia.
In pediment, phiale.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: R. Cyril Lockett Collection; by 1961: with Glendining and Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (auction 12 of the R. Cyril Lockett Collection, Feb. 21-23, 1961, lot 3065 [partial]); purchased at the Lockett auction by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, September 13, 1967