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Coin of Adada with busts of Valerian I and Gallienus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 253–260
Mint: Pisidia, Adada
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 40 mm. Weight: 30.39 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.868
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: At left, bust of Gallienus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, faces laureate, draped bust of Valerian I at right.
Inscriptions in Greek around and below.
Reverse: Hexastyle temple with Ionic columns on tall bases; round object in pediment.
Inscriptions in Greek around and below.
Inscriptions in Greek around and below.
Reverse: Hexastyle temple with Ionic columns on tall bases; round object in pediment.
Inscriptions in Greek around and below.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 91); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963