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Coin of Perga in alliance with Side with bust of Tranquillina
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 238–244
Mint: Pamphylia, Perga and Side (Alliance)
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 27.5 mm. Weight: 11.76 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.1164
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Tranquillina to right, wearing stephane.
Crescent behind shoulders.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: At left, Artemis of Perga holding bow in left hand, arrow in right, faces toward Athena of Side, who holds spear in right hand and rests left on shield. Lighted altar between.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Crescent behind shoulders.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: At left, Artemis of Perga holding bow in left hand, arrow in right, faces toward Athena of Side, who holds spear in right hand and rests left on shield. Lighted altar between.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., September 18, 1963