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Coin of Olba with bust of Tiberius, struck under Ajax
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 14–15
Mint: Cilicia, Olba
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 11.18 gm. Die Axis: 9
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2956
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Tiberius to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Thunderbolt.
Inscriptions in Greek around, above and below.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Thunderbolt.
Inscriptions in Greek around, above and below.
InscriptionsSee attached media
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