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Coin of Caesarea with bust of Antoninus Pius

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 159
Mint: Cappadocia, Caesarea

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 20.5 mm. Weight: 9.44 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.106
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Mt. Argaeus, trees growing up on each side, conical top at summit.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.

ProvenanceBy 1963: with B. H. Kazandjian, 58 Langdon Avenue, Watertown, Mass.; purchased by MFA from B. H. Kazandjian, February 13, 1963