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Cistophorus with head of Hadrian
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 134/5–138
Mint: Asia: Ionia, Ephesus
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 10.51 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number69.953
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Hadrian, right.
HADR[IA]NVS AVGCOSIIIPP
Reverse: Ephesian Artemis stands to front, fillets hanging from her wrists.
At left and right stag stands with head turned upwards.
DIANA EPHESIA
HADR[IA]NVS AVGCOSIIIPP
Reverse: Ephesian Artemis stands to front, fillets hanging from her wrists.
At left and right stag stands with head turned upwards.
DIANA EPHESIA
ProvenanceDate unknown (1969 ?): with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XLV/XLVI, no. 151); 1969: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 11, 1969