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Cistophorus with bust of Augustus

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
19–18 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Pergamum

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 26.5 mm. Weight: 12.22 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number1998.631
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Augustus to right.
IMPIXTRPOV
Reverse: Standard within round temple.
MART VLT[O]

On the obverse in the field at the right, traces of earlier coin?
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., Robert Street, Adelphi, London; August 28, 1950: acquired by Cornelius C. Vermeule III from A. H. Baldwin; 1998 year-end gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA