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Coin of Sparta (Lacedaemonians) with bust of Hadrian
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 117–138
Mint: Achaea: Peloponnese, Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.5 mm. Weight: 14.39 gm. Die Axis: 2
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2971
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Dioskouroi on horseback right, stars above their heads?.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Dioskouroi on horseback right, stars above their heads?.
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.