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Coin of Harpasa with flaming altar

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
2nd–3rd century A.D.
Mint: Asia: Caria, Harpasa

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 2.93 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.1131
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Flaming altar.
Reverse: Cult statue of goddess resembling Ephesian Artemis, with usual supports.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., September 18, 1963