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Coin of Side with bust of Hadrian

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 117–138
Mint: Pamphylia, Side

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 9.56 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2941
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped bust of Hadrian to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Apollo with long hair, standing front, head to left, wearing short chiton,
chlamys and high boots, holds pomegranate in right hand, laurel branch? in left.
Laurel branch at left.
Inscription in Greek.
Provenance1909: purchased at Adalia by Arthur M. Woodward; 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