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Coin of Acmonea with bust of Nero, struck under L. Servenius Capito and Iulia Severa
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 62
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Acmonea
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 4.57 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2924
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Nero to right.
Winged caduceus in field left, crescent at right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Zeus seated to left on throne holding sceptre in left hand
and phiale over owl in right.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in field left and right.
Winged caduceus in field left, crescent at right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Zeus seated to left on throne holding sceptre in left hand
and phiale over owl in right.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in field left and right.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (sale of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963