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Cistophorus with bust of Hadrian
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 119–138
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Synnada
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 29 mm. Weight: 10.24 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1977.492
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Hadrian, draped, cuirassed, right.
Overstruck with traces of earlier obverse lettering on right side of flan.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVSPP
Reverse: Amalthea standing, head right wearing mural crown, infant Jupiter on left arm, scepter in right hand. At right, goat with head turned up toward Jupiter.
COS III
Overstruck with traces of earlier obverse lettering on right side of flan.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVSPP
Reverse: Amalthea standing, head right wearing mural crown, infant Jupiter on left arm, scepter in right hand. At right, goat with head turned up toward Jupiter.
COS III
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Bank Leu AG, Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland (Bank Leu AG auction 18, May 5, 1977, Saal der Zunft zum Kämbel, Limmatquai 52, Zurich, lot 331); purchased by MFA at the Bank Leu auction; accessioned June 9, 1977