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Coin of Cremna with bust of Herennius Etruscus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 249–251
Mint: Pisidia, Cremna
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 6.63 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.888
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Herennius Etruscus to right.
IMPCAESCHERETRMESDECIVM
Reverse: Female figure (Genius of colony), standing with head to left and wearing kalathos, holds patera over flaming altar in right hand, in left cornucopia.
GENCO LCRFM
IMPCAESCHERETRMESDECIVM
Reverse: Female figure (Genius of colony), standing with head to left and wearing kalathos, holds patera over flaming altar in right hand, in left cornucopia.
GENCO LCRFM
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 112); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963