Advanced Search 
View: Obverse
Coin of Laodicea in alliance with Smyrna with bust of Nero, struck under Anto. Zeno
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 63–68
Mint: Asia: Phrygia and Ionia, Laodicea and Smyrna (Alliance)
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 28.5 mm. Weight: 12.55 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number1998.621
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Nero to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Bearded demoi of Laodiceia and Smyrna join hands and hold scepters.
Inscriptions in Greek around and between them.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Bearded demoi of Laodiceia and Smyrna join hands and hold scepters.
Inscriptions in Greek around and between them.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: R. Cyril Lockett Collection; by 1961: with Glendining & Co. Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London (auction of the R. Cyril Lockett Collection, part XII, February 21-23, lot 2893); probably purchased at the Lockett auction by A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., 1-11 John Adam Street, The Adelphi, London; probably purchased from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd. by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III; 1998 year-end gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA