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Cistophorus with head of Claudius

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 41–42
Mint: Asia Minor: Ionia, Ephesos (probably)

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 11.25 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number54.568
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Roman Medallions (MFA, 1962, 1975), no. 009.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Claudius, bare, left.
TICLAVD CAESAVG
Reverse: Temple of Roma and Augustus, between columns, Claudius and female figure.
ROMETAVG (on entablature of temple)
COM ASI (in field, left and right)

ProvenanceBy 1954: with Adolph Hess A.G., Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (Hess auction, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, April 14, 1954, lot 239); purchased by MFA at the auction for $ 137.77 and accessioned May 13, 1954