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Coin of Smyrna with head of Trajan, struck under Claudius Proclus and Claudius Bio
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 100–105
Mint: Asia: Ionia, Smyrna
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 31.5 mm. Weight: 18.85 gm. Die Axis: 2
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number66.281
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Trajan, laureate, right.
Inscription in Greek
Reverse: Hercules, club and lionskin in left hand, cup in right, stands to left, being crowned by female figure in long chiton and peplos. She wears a sword, holds a transverse scepter in left hand and reaches out with wreath in her right.
Greek inscriptions around and in exergue
Inscription in Greek
Reverse: Hercules, club and lionskin in left hand, cup in right, stands to left, being crowned by female figure in long chiton and peplos. She wears a sword, holds a transverse scepter in left hand and reaches out with wreath in her right.
Greek inscriptions around and in exergue
ProvenanceBy 1966: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G., May 11, 1966