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Coin of Apollonia Salbace with bust of Lucius Verus, struck under Callippus

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 161–169
Mint: Asia: Caria, Apollonia Salbace

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 42.5 mm. Weight: 27.13 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number63.1401
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Lucius Verus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tetrastyle temple with arcuated pediment.
Between the columns, Artemis, Zeus (Carian), and Athena (?).
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.

Overstruck.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, September 18, 1963