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Coin of Dorylaeum with bust of Philip I, struck under Timaeus

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 244–249
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Dorylaeum

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 32 mm. Weight: 13.70 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.800
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Philip I to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Zeus seated on throne to right, holds thunderbolt in left hand, scepter in right.
At right, eagle.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 12); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963