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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
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
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.
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