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Coin of Cadi with bust of Dionysus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
2nd century A.D.
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Cadi
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 5.38 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.799
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Dionysos to right, with wreath of ivy leaves.
Reverse: Athena, helmeted, stands looking left, holding a patera in her right hand, and a spear in her left, with a shield at her feet, beside the spear.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Athena, helmeted, stands looking left, holding a patera in her right hand, and a spear in her left, with a shield at her feet, beside the spear.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 11); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963