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Cistophorus with busts of Claudius and Agrippina
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 50–51
Mint: Asia: Ionia, Ephesus
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 11.35 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number60.522
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Roman Medallions (MFA, 1962, 1975), no. 010.
DescriptionObverse: Jugate busts of Claudius, laureate, and Agrippina, bare, left.
TICLAVDCAES.AVG.AGRIPP.AVGVSTA
Reverse: Cult statue of the Ephesian Artemis facing.
DIANA EPHESIA
TICLAVDCAES.AVG.AGRIPP.AVGVSTA
Reverse: Cult statue of the Ephesian Artemis facing.
DIANA EPHESIA
ProvenanceBy 1960: with Bank Leu & Co. AG, Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland and Adolph Hess AG, Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (Hess-Leu auction, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, April 7, 1960, lot 298); purchased at Hess-Leu auction, April 7, 1960 on behalf of MFA by Spink & Son, Ltd., 5, 6 & 7 King Street, St. James's, London, S.W. 1; May 11, 1960: purchased by MFA from Spink & Son, Ltd. for Swiss fr. 8,221 (this is the total price for 60.518-60.525)