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Coin of Soli-Pompeiopolis with bust of Trebonianus Gallus

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 251–254
Mint: Cilicia, Soli-Pompeiopolis

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 31.5 mm. Weight: 12.20 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2625
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Trebonianus Gallus to right.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in field.
Reverse: Apollo, laureate, quiver over left shoulder, holds laurel branch in right hand.
Inscriptions in Greek in field and around.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (auction of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward auction by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963