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Coin of Pergamum with busts of Livia and Tiberius, struck under Petronius
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 30 (?)
Mint: Asia: Mysia, Pergamum
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 21.5 mm. Weight: 4.67 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2978
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Livia facing laureate bust of Tiberius at right.
Inscriptions in Greek.
Reverse: Augustus in military attire, spear in right hand, stands facing within tetrastyle temple.
Inscriptions in Greek above and below.
Inscriptions in Greek.
Reverse: Augustus in military attire, spear in right hand, stands facing within tetrastyle temple.
Inscriptions in Greek above and below.
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