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Cistophorus with bust of Hadrian
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 128
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Aezani
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 10.93 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.71
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Hadrian, right.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVSPP
Reverse: Jupiter, draped over left shoulder and around waist, stands with head to left holding eagle in right hand, sceptre in left.
COS III
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVSPP
Reverse: Jupiter, draped over left shoulder and around waist, stands with head to left holding eagle in right hand, sceptre in left.
COS III
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W. 1 (Glendining & Co. Ltd., auction of A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962, lot 302 [as ex Lugano auction, 1925, no. 1132]); purchased at the Woodward auction on behalf of MFA by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963