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Coin of Smyrna with bust of Senate, struck under T[...]
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 242–244
Mint: Asia: Ionia, Smyrna
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 24.5 mm. Weight: 6.95 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2597
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Youthful bust of Senate right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Homonia wearing modius stands with head to left holding patera in right hand, cornucopia in left.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in field at left.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Homonia wearing modius stands with head to left holding patera in right hand, cornucopia in left.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in field at left.
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