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Coin of Smyrna with bust of Senate, struck under Ti. Claudius Sosander and Ti. Claudius Hieronymus

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 68–69
Mint: Asia: Ionia, Smyrna

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 21.5 mm. Weight: 5.08 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2596
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of the Senate to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Hexastyle temple.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (auction of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward auction by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963