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Coin of Tyana with bust of Hadrian

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 136–137
Mint: Cappadocia, Tyana

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 25.5 mm. Weight: 10.34 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.950
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tyche seated left on seat supported by winged monster. She holds corn ears and grapes in right hand, left rests on seat. At feet, river god Lamus swimming.
Crescent in field right.
Greek letters in field at left for year 20.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 185); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963