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Coin of Rhesaena with bust of Trajan II Decius
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 249–251
Mint: Mesopotamia, Rhesaena
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 26.5 mm. Weight: 10.93 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2927
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Revese: Founder plowing to right with yoke of oxen. He holds scepter in left hand.
Above, eagle with spread wings, head left, holding wreath in beak, stands on palm branch. In exergue: half-figure of rivergod swimming to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Revese: Founder plowing to right with yoke of oxen. He holds scepter in left hand.
Above, eagle with spread wings, head left, holding wreath in beak, stands on palm branch. In exergue: half-figure of rivergod swimming to right.
Inscription in Greek.
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